The Winery La Chapelle de Venenge of Brouilly of Beaujolais

Winery La Chapelle de Venenge - Brouilly
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Brouilly in the region of Beaujolais

The Winery La Chapelle de Venenge is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Brouilly to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Chapelle de Venenge wines

Looking for the best Winery La Chapelle de Venenge wines in Brouilly among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Chapelle de Venenge 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 La Chapelle de Venenge wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge

How Winery La Chapelle de Venenge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of baked lasagna, delicious veal stew or basque piperade.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge

In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Chapelle de Venenge.

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Brouilly

Brouilly is an appellation for red wines produced from Vineyards in north-central Beaujolais. The lower slopes of Mont Brouilly and the surrounding countryside contain large plantings of the Gamay Grape. The wines produced here are relatively robust and Full-bodied, in contrast to the light, fresh wines of Beaujolais Nouveau. The wines are fruitier than many of the other Beaujolais crus, with plum and berry flavors overpowering the traditional Floral">floralCharacter of Gamay.

The appellation was officially delimited along with most other Beaujolais crus in the 1930s. While the appellation applies only to red wines, the white varieties Chardonnay, Aligoté and Melon de Bourgogne can account for 15% of the vineyard area. They are also authorised as a minor component of the blend in Brouilly wines. The Brouilly wine area covers six communes around Mont Brouilly, none of which bears the name Brouilly, which is unusual for a Beaujolais cru.

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Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

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The word of the wine: Suave

Said of a fine and unctuous wine.

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