The Winery Ogier of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley

Winery Ogier
The winery offers 167 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the AdVini.
It is ranked in the top 38 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the region of Rhone Valley
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The Winery Ogier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 167 wines for sale in of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Ogier Estate is a historic vineyard located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, nestled within the hills of the city. Recognized for its quality and authenticity, the Ogier Estate holds an important place in the region's history. The vineyard was founded in 1805 by Jean-François Ogier, a ward of Napoleon, who established a plot system to produce high-quality wines. Since that day, the love and hard work put into maintaining the vines and producing wine have established its reputation. The Ogier Estate is a Mediterranean estate offering rich, welcoming wines with speckled tannins, with aromas of ripe fruit, scrubland and flowers. This variety is mainly due to the combination of over a century of know-how and wine history with modern techniques to offer wines of exceptional quality. The estate has a very wide variety of traditional grape varieties, including Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, and Counoise, among many others. The proximity of the savannas and scrubland present, as well as the many layers of alluvial sediment in which the vines grow, give its wines a unique and rich character. The vineyard produces a range of red, white and rosé wines ranging from "Châteauneuf-du-Pape" to "Côtes du Rhône", "Vin de Pays du Gard" and "Sauternes". It also produces several certified organic or converting wines. The harvest is manual and is divided into several lots to optimize their quality. The Ogier Estate is now associated with several major vineyards in the region, that give it an excellent reputation. The wines are distributed worldwide, and the estate offers guided tours and tastings so that its customers can taste its unique quality. The Ogier Estate is the perfect place to discover the best of French winemaking.

Top Winery Ogier wines

Looking for the best Winery Ogier wines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ogier 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 Ogier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Ogier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ogier

How Winery Ogier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of autumn leaves, lasagne with vegetables and savoy tomatoes or lamb curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ogier

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ogier. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ogier. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ogier

  • 1974With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.07/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Ogier.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.

In the mouth of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 704 estates and châteaux in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, producing 1551 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry.

The top white wines of Winery Ogier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ogier

How Winery Ogier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of simmered pork cheeks with cream sauce and dijon mustard, clopinettes in field dresses or baked salmon mediterranean style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ogier

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ogier. often reveals types of flavors of cream, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ogier. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ogier

  • 2006With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Ogier.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc

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 Winery Ogier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ogier

How Winery Ogier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of delicious marinated pork chops, coulibiac of salmon or mussels with rosemary and barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ogier

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ogier. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or cherry. In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Ogier. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ogier

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.58/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ogier.

  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Cinsault
  • Grenache Blanc

The word of the wine: Broker

In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Ogier

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Ogier

How Winery Ogier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of spanish paella or express cherry clafoutis.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Ogier.

  • Muscat Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ogier

Planning a wine route in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ogier.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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