The Winery Les Roches Bleues of Beaujolais

Winery Les Roches Bleues - Brouilly
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 600 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Les Roches Bleues is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Roches Bleues wines

Looking for the best Winery Les Roches Bleues wines in Beaujolais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Roches Bleues 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 Les Roches Bleues wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Les Roches Bleues

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Roches Bleues

How Winery Les Roches Bleues wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of spaghetti with knackis, provencal veal tendrons or tripe in the style of caen.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Roches Bleues

On the nose the red wine of Winery Les Roches Bleues. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blueberry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, raspberry or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Les Roches Bleues. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Roches Bleues

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.54/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Les Roches Bleues.

  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais

Beaujolais is an important wine region in eastern France, famous for its vibrant, Fruity red wines made from Gamay. It is located immediately South of Burgundy, of which it is sometimes considered a Part, although it is in the administrative region of Rhône. The extensive plantings of Gamay in this region make Beaujolais one of the few regions in the world that is so concentrated on a single Grape variety. Pinot Noir is used in small quantities in red and rosé wines, but in the name of regional identity, it is being phased out and will only be allowed until the 2015 harvest.

Although best known for its red wines, the region also produces white Beaujolais Blanc, from Chardonnay and Aligote. These two white wine varieties are also sometimes used in local red wines, in which they can make up to 15% of the Final blend. There are several forms of Beaujolais red wine: standard Beaujolais (including Beaujolais Supérieur), Beaujolais Villages and the Young, characterful Beaujolais Nouveau. The highest quality wines of the region are those of the ten Beaujolais crus - ten wine regions Long recognized as the best in the region.

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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 Les Roches Bleues and wines from the region

International Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, Decanter World Wine Awards results offer a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine. Each year’s results offer surprises and revelations, highlighting growth in quality and consistency – or lack thereof. An all-time record for wines tasted, discover the results from the 19th edition of the competition. Quick links to DWWA 2022 results Search all Best in Show medals Search all Platinum medals Search all Gold medals Search ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Performance

Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).