Château de LignaneA de Lignane
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with A de Lignane
Pairings that work perfectly with A de Lignane
Original food and wine pairings with A de Lignane
The A de Lignane of Château de Lignane matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or duck breast with black figs.
Details and technical informations about Château de Lignane's A de Lignane.
Discover the grape variety: Bouquettraube
The white Bouquettraube is a grape variety originating from Germany. 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 large bunches and large grapes. The white Bouquettraube can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Informations about the Château de Lignane
The Château de Lignane is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Rochegude' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Rochegude'
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Rochegude' is located in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Saint-Michel or the Domaine Vincent Baumet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Rochegude' are Mourvèdre, Bourboulenc and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Rochegude' often reveals types of flavors of licorice, plum or cheese and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or spices.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
News related to this wine
Walls: top northern Rhône reds under £30
In preparation for this column I tasted 46 reds in total, and – taking both quality and value into account – I can recommend 33 of them. Overall, the reds were less consistent than the whites, and although the lows were lower, the highs were higher. This tasting confirmed that it’s still possible to buy genuinely excellent northern Rhône reds for under £30 in the UK. That being said, it’s virtually impossible to find any Cornas, Côte-Rôtie or Hermitage for under £30 a bottle these days, but ther ...
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 ...
Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record
A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...
The word of the wine: Fermentation
The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.
