The Château Les Crostes of Provence

Château Les Crostes
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 256 of the estates of Provence.
It is located in Provence
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The Château Les Crostes is one of the best wineries to follow in Provence.. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Les Crostes wines

Looking for the best Château Les Crostes wines in Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Les Crostes 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 Les Crostes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Les Crostes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Les Crostes

How Château Les Crostes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), navarin of lamb or duck breast with black figs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Les Crostes

On the nose the red wine of Château Les Crostes. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, strawberries or lavender and sometimes also flavors of licorice, raspberry or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Les Crostes

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Les Crostes.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discovering the wine region of Provence

World capital of dry, refined rosé (~90% of production). Pale rose-petal colour, delicate nose of fresh red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant), citrus (pink grapefruit), white flowers and a mineral touch, taut and thirst-quenching palate — the Mediterranean aperitif par excellence. Blends of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Tibouren and Mourvèdre. Fleshy Bandol reds from Mourvèdre (leather, garrigue, age-worthy), straight Cassis whites.

9 AOCs, mistral climate.

The top white wines of Château Les Crostes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Les Crostes

How Château Les Crostes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sardines moroccan style, scallops with saffron or gaufress and light.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Les Crostes

On the nose the white wine of Château Les Crostes. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, minerality or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Les Crostes

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Les Crostes.

  • Rolle
  • Sémillon
  • Ugni blanc

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Intensely coloured and powerful reds with a deep colour, firm tannins and high acidity, on aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, pepper, liquorice and balsamic notes. Old vines (>50 years, often centenary) yield exceptional cuvées. A historical pillar of Languedoc-Roussillon blends (Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Maury) and star of Catalan Priorat under the name Cariñena. Very late-ripening variety from Aragon, also called Mazuelo in Rioja.

The top pink wines of Château Les Crostes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Les Crostes

How Château Les Crostes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of eggs in meurette, shrimp curry (reunionese recipe) or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château Les Crostes

On the nose the pink wine of Château Les Crostes. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, tree fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, citrus or raspberry. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Les Crostes. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Les Crostes

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Les Crostes.

  • Cinsault
  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Rolle

The word of the wine: Vaccaresis

Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.

The top sparkling wines of Château Les Crostes

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Les Crostes

How Château Les Crostes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, piperade or cantalian patranque !.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Les Crostes.

  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault
  • Ugni blanc
  • Rolle
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Rolle

Structured, aromatic whites with an ample mouth and fresh acidity, featuring aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lemon), pear, white flesh fruits, white flowers, fennel and typical marine saline notes. Slightly bitter finish on citrus peel. The absolute signature of great Provence whites (Côtes de Provence AOC, Bellet AOC), a pillar of Corsican whites (Patrimonio AOC, Ajaccio AOC) and present in Languedoc. The French name for Italian Vermentino, native Mediterranean grape.

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Discover the grape variety: Ugni blanc

Dry, neutral and nervy whites with a pale robe, slender mouthfeel and sharp acidity, with discreet aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers and herbaceous notes. The ideal profile for distillation: absolute pillar of Cognac AOC (over 95% of the Charentes vineyard) and Armagnac AOC. Also produced as still whites in Provence, Languedoc and Corsica. French synonym for Italian Trebbiano Toscano, one of the most planted varieties in the world.