The Winery Pourpre Chenas of Beaujolais

Winery Pourpre Chenas
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 9038 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Pourpre Chenas is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Pourpre Chenas wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Pourpre Chenas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Pourpre Chenas

How Winery Pourpre Chenas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of cannelloni au gratin stuffed with bolognese sauce, simple veal sauté or baeckeoffe.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Pourpre Chenas

  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Pourpre Chenas

Planning a wine route in the of Beaujolais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Pourpre Chenas.

Discover the grape variety: Araignan

Araignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (south of France). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Araignan blanc is found in the vineyards of Provence and Corsica.

News about Winery Pourpre Chenas and wines from the region

International Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘Veteran wine books are by modern standards short on facts’

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Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary

Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...

The word of the wine: Varietal

Said of wine aromas that are reminiscent of fresh grapes. The most demonstrative example is certainly that of wines made from the Muscat grape variety.