The Château Lestours Clocher of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château Lestours Clocher - Vacqueyras
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 838 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Lestours Clocher is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lestours Clocher wines

Looking for the best Château Lestours Clocher wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lestours Clocher 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 Lestours Clocher wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Lestours Clocher

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lestours Clocher

How Château Lestours Clocher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of autumn leaves, shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or duck stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lestours Clocher

On the nose the red wine of Château Lestours Clocher. often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, blackberry or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lestours Clocher. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lestours Clocher

  • 2012With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Lestours Clocher.

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

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Château Lestours Clocher and wines from the region

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

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The word of the wine: Castle

A term often used to designate wineries, even if they do not have a real castle.