The Château de la Peyrade of Muscat de Frontignan of Languedoc-Roussillon

Château de la Peyrade
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Muscat de Frontignan in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Château de la Peyrade is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Muscat de Frontignan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de la Peyrade wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Château de la Peyrade

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château de la Peyrade

How Château de la Peyrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of indian style coral lentils or apple pie.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château de la Peyrade.

  • Muscat Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Muscat de Frontignan

Muscat de Frontignan is an appellation for naturally Sweet wines from Frontignan-la Peyrade, a town on the Mediterranean coast in the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. The wines are made only from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains. It is also used in the other Muscats of Languedoc (Muscat de Lunel, Muscat de Mireval and Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois). It is considered the best member of the Muscat family.

Although technically a white variety, some strains are pinkish or red-brown. The Color of the berries can also vary from year to year on the same Vine. The pinkish-fleshed variant is known as Frontignac in Australia, although the California wine Grape Frontignan is actually a Burger, known as Monbadon in France. The area has about 800 hectares of vineyards.

The top pink wines of Château de la Peyrade

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de la Peyrade

How Château de la Peyrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of picadillo, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or chicken legs and changing.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top natural sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Château de la Peyrade

How Château de la Peyrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of mussels with curry, grandma's cherry clafoutis or pasta gratin with comté cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Château de la Peyrade. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or peach and sometimes also flavors of orange, honey or earth.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade.

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Muscat de Frontignan

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

The top sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château de la Peyrade

How Château de la Peyrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of algerian couscous or rice with milk.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château de la Peyrade.

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Muscat de Frontignan

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top white wines of Château de la Peyrade

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de la Peyrade

How Château de la Peyrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta cake, magic cake cheese quiche or eggs florentine.

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

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Vermentino

The word of the wine: Oxidation

Alteration of the wine caused by prolonged contact with oxygen and resulting in a coppery colour with brown reflections and the appearance of typical aromas reminiscent of rancid nuts.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de la Peyrade

Planning a wine route in the of Muscat de Frontignan? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de la Peyrade.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château de la Peyrade and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

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