Food Pairings

• • Swordfish
• • Fresh  Cheese
• • Cold  Cuts
• • Chicken
• • Smoked  Fish
• • Tuna
• • Grilled  Fish
• • Steak
• • Pork  Sausage
• • Barbecue  Pork
• • Salmon
• • Barbecue  Beef
• • French  Spices
• • Venison
• • Halibut
• • White  Fish
• • Chicken  Sausage
• • Poultry
• • Pork  Chops/Loin
• • Aperitif
• • Turkey
• • Barbecue  Chicken

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Chateau du Basty Beaujolais Villages 2006		France
A fresh and fruity Beaujolais with a mix of unpretentious and refreshing red fruit and spice flavors. Chateau de Basty is one of the regions high quality small producers.

Release Notes:

Out of stock  Item No. : 19941  Our Rating : 91+  Country : France  Region : Beaujolais  Grape : Gamay  Alcohol : 13%

Beaujolais is the perfect red wine for the dog days of summer. Nowhere else in the world is the Gamay grape capable of producing such memorable wines. Basty's Beaujolais comes from Lantignié is one of the best communes in Beaujolais. Château du Basty’s vines are, on average, 30 years old and grow in granitic soils that yield Gamay grapes with both fruitiness and spice. Beaujolais is perfect alone or with lighter summer fare, sandwiches, and grilled foods; it can even be served chilled or with an ice cube in each glass.

Tasting Notes:

This wine has a bright violet color and a floral and fruity nose that is full of red berries, cherries and spice. In the mouth, it is very soft and smooth with full-bodied red fruit, jam, and spice flavors leading to a balanced finish on fruit. This gentle wine is ideal for cold cuts, full-bodied fish (salmon and swordfish), white meats and barbecue. Can be served chilled. Drink now to the end of 2008.

September grape harvest in Beaujolais.

Winery:

Château du Basty is back! This estate, one of the oldest in Beaujolais, has been in the same family since 1482. Today, the 16th generation of the Perroud family takes care... Read more