Food Pairings

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

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Chateau du Basty Beaujolais Villages Lantignié 2005		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. : 19705  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. 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 an intense, vibrant cherry color with a hint of purple. A typically floral and fruity nose of cherries with a hint of spice precedes a very round and balanced wine on the palate with full-bodied fruit and spice flavors leading to a very clean finish. An ideal wine for cold cuts, full-bodied fish (salmon and swordfish), white meats and barbecue. Can be served chilled. Drink over the next 12 to 18 months.

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