The Château Moulin Favre of Beaujolais

Château Moulin Favre
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 126 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais
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The Château Moulin Favre is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Château Moulin Favre is a small-scale winery located in Beaujolais, in the village of Villars-les-Dombes at the gates of the Haut-Beaujolais regional nature park. The estate stretches over 6.5 hectares and produces red, rosé, and white wine. The Château Moulin Favre is committed to a reasoned and environmentally friendly cultivation approach. The soils are composed of sand, granite, marl, and flint, giving their wines a unique character. The vines are cultivated using ancestral methods, without chemical fertilizer, with pruning adapted to the varieties and fertilization managed by compost. The grapes are hand-harvested. Château Moulin Favre mainly produces a quality of Beaujolais-Villages wines and Cru wines from the Côtes de Brouilly, Régnié, and Morgon. The main grape varieties used are Gamay, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, and White Melon. The wines are aged in oak barrels for 8 to 10 months before being bottled. The estate is open for visits every day of the year. You can explore the vines that stretch along the ridge line and admire the magnificent panorama that is offered to you. You will also learn the secrets of the winemaker's craft. A visit to the cellars and a wine tasting are also offered, and you can also go to the shop to buy bottles from the Château. Château Moulin Favre offers quality products and harvests and is committed to preserving the earth, enhancing the health of the soils and waters, thereby enabling the production of exceptional wines.

Top Château Moulin Favre wines

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

The top red wines of Château Moulin Favre

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Moulin Favre

How Château Moulin Favre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of lasagna bolognese, cordon bleu with veal and cured ham or chicken drumstick with bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Moulin Favre

On the nose the red wine of Château Moulin Favre. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, raspberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Moulin Favre. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Moulin Favre

  • 0With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Moulin Favre.

  • Gamay

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.

The top white wines of Château Moulin Favre

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Moulin Favre

How Château Moulin Favre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork colombo, italian tabbouleh or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Moulin Favre

In the mouth the white wine of Château Moulin Favre. is a powerful.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Moulin Favre.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Château Moulin Favre

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Moulin Favre

How Château Moulin Favre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of cornish pasties.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Moulin Favre.

  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Delicate

Said of a wine that is fine and subtle in the mouth.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.