The Winery Guillaume Gilles of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley

Winery Guillaume Gilles - Cornas
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 59 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône septentrional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Guillaume Gilles is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rhône septentrional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Guillaume Gilles wines

Looking for the best Winery Guillaume Gilles wines in Rhône septentrional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Guillaume Gilles 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 Winery Guillaume Gilles wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Guillaume Gilles

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Guillaume Gilles

How Winery Guillaume Gilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meat and goat pie, imene's tunisian ojja or aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Guillaume Gilles

On the nose the red wine of Winery Guillaume Gilles. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, spices or black olive and sometimes also flavors of microbio, cedar or black cherries. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Guillaume Gilles. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Guillaume Gilles

  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Guillaume Gilles.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Gamay
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Rhône septentrional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Guillaume Gilles

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône septentrional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Guillaume Gilles.

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.

News about Winery Guillaume Gilles and wines from the region

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

The word of the wine: Shiraz

See syrah.