The Château Routas of Provence
The Château Routas is one of the best wineries to follow in Provence.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Routas wines in Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Routas 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 Routas wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Routas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil) or rabbit on the barbecue.
On the nose the red wine of Château Routas. often reveals types of flavors of leather, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices.
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The term "Varietal improvers" is gaining ground in Provence, as it is in the neighbouring Languedoc-Roussillon. The most successful local varieties, Mourvèdre, Tibouren and Vermentino (known locally as Rolle), have remained in favor, proving their value in Provence wines, in red, rosé and white respectively. The Vineyards of Provence cover an area of France's southeastern coastline that measures about 200 kilometers from east to west. In this definitely Mediterranean climate - no Provencal vineyard is more than 55 km from the Mediterranean - the vines enjoy about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, as well as an average annual temperature of 14.
5°C.
How Château Routas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of broccoli gratin, old-fashioned venison stew or salmon steaks with cream sauce.
On the nose the white wine of Château Routas. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
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.
How Château Routas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
On the nose the pink wine of Château Routas. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tree fruit or orange and sometimes also flavors of saline, melon or non oak. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Routas. is a with a nice freshness.
Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.
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Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
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Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.