The Château Guilhem Tournier of Provence

Château Guilhem Tournier - Cuvée la Malissonne Bandol Rosé
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 144 of the estates of Provence.
It is located in Provence

The Château Guilhem Tournier is one of the best wineries to follow in Provence.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Guilhem Tournier wines

Looking for the best Château Guilhem Tournier wines in Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Guilhem Tournier wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Guilhem Tournier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Château Guilhem Tournier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Guilhem Tournier

How Château Guilhem Tournier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Guilhem Tournier

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

Discovering the wine region of Provence

Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.

The term "Varietal improvers" is gaining ground in Provence, as it is in the neighbouring Languedoc-Roussillon. The most successful local varieties, Mourvèdre, Tibouren and Vermentino (known locally as Rolle), have remained in favor, proving their value in Provence wines, in red, rosé and white respectively. The Vineyards of Provence cover an area of France's southeastern coastline that measures about 200 kilometers from east to west. In this definitely Mediterranean climate - no Provencal vineyard is more than 55 km from the Mediterranean - the vines enjoy about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, as well as an average annual temperature of 14.

5°C.

The top red wines of Château Guilhem Tournier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Guilhem Tournier

How Château Guilhem Tournier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef lark or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Guilhem Tournier

On the nose the red wine of Château Guilhem Tournier. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, black cherries or leather and sometimes also flavors of pepper, black fruits or non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Guilhem Tournier

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Guilhem Tournier.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Guilhem Tournier

Planning a wine route in the of Provence? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Guilhem Tournier.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Guilhem Tournier and wines from the region

Kylie Minogue launches her wine range in the US

The ‘Spinning Around’ singer launched the wines on her birthday in 2020 as part of a collaboration with London-based Benchmark Drinks. The firm, founded by former Accolade Wines chief executive Paul Schaafsma, specialises in celebrity partnerships. It has also launched wines in tandem with Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Botham and Graham Norton. Yet the Kylie Minogue range has been one of the star performers, selling 3.5 million bottles in the UK and a further 1.5 million bottles in 15 international ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

Decanter Editor-in-Chief’s New York Fine Wine Encounter top tips

There are going to be some utterly splendid wines to taste at our New York Fine Wine Encounter – many of the world’s grandest winemakers have brought some of their very best bottles to our event, knowing their hard work and talent will be appreciated by a discerning audience.  My team of experts have picked out a great selection of their personal favourites from the wines on offer, and for their superbly detailed analysis and opinion, you should read the pieces and the picks from Georgie Hindle, ...

The word of the wine: Pigeage

Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.