The Château Virgile is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Virgile wines in Costières-de-Nîmes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Virgile 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 Virgile wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Virgile wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, lamb chops with lemon and herbs or rabbit with leeks.
On the nose the red wine of Château Virgile. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, minerality or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, stone or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Virgile. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.
In the mouth of Costières-de-Nîmes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Costières-de-Nîmes, producing 875 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Costières-de-Nîmes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Château Virgile wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of creole chipolatas, leek and tuna pie or lobster in court-bouillon.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Virgile. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Virgile. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
How Château Virgile wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery), tuna with tomatoes in the oven or rolled blue cord.
In the mouth the white wine of Château Virgile. is a powerful.
Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.
Planning a wine route in the of Costières-de-Nîmes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Virgile.
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.
