The Château de Montmirail of Vacqueyras of Rhone Valley

Château de Montmirail
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 13 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Vacqueyras in the region of Rhone Valley
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The Château de Montmirail is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Vacqueyras to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Montmirail wines

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

The top white wines of Château de Montmirail

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Montmirail

How Château de Montmirail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sauerkraut of the sea in casserole, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or endive and avocado salad.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Montmirail

On the nose the white wine of Château de Montmirail. often reveals types of flavors of oil, microbio.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Montmirail

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Montmirail.

  • Clairette
  • Viognier
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Cinsault
  • Bourboulenc
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Vacqueyras

The wine region of Vacqueyras is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Seigneur de Lauris or the Clos de Caveau produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Vacqueyras are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Vacqueyras often reveals types of flavors of smoke, lemon or bay leaf and sometimes also flavors of black olive, grass or thyme.

In the mouth of Vacqueyras is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 292 estates and châteaux in the of Vacqueyras, producing 569 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Vacqueyras go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château de Montmirail

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Montmirail

How Château de Montmirail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, lamb curry with coconut milk or duck and peach brochettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Montmirail

On the nose the red wine of Château de Montmirail. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of earthy, black cherries or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Montmirail. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Montmirail

  • 1998With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Montmirail.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Marselan

Discover the grape variety: Bourboulenc

Bourboulenc is mainly grown in the southern part of France. It is a white grape variety that ripens quite late. It can only be harvested around 25 September and for an average of only one month. Bourboulenc is particularly fond of low-lying, but at the same time warm and dry locations. The aroma of this grape variety is not very pronounced, but it has a certain exotic fruit and floral aroma such as broom. The result is a low alcohol wine with subtle and fleeting aromas. Blanquette, bourboulanc, bourboulenque, doucillon, clairette dorée and clairette blanche are all names that can designate bourboulenc. This grape variety is very sensitive to diseases common to all vine plants such as magnesium deficiency, mildew and oidium. Bourboulenc can be used as a table grape. Most French people keep the bunches until Christmas in order to present them on the festive table as desserts.

The top pink wines of Château de Montmirail

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Montmirail

How Château de Montmirail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, papillotes of simple salmon steaks or pageot.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château de Montmirail.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Away from the eye

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Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

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