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Chateau De La Chaize
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Brouilly
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Location:
Chateau de La Chaize is located in the Beaujolais region
of France (Appellation Brouilly Controlée)
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Vineyards: 360
acres near Odenas in the Beaujolais area.
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Classification:
Grand
Cru of Beaujolais
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Grape Variety:
100% Gamay
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History:
The country's best known Brouilly -- the most elegant of wines from
the largest of the ten individual vineyard appellations in the Beaujolais
district, producing the finest Beaujolais. This magnificent estate
designed in 1676 by the architects of Versailles (Mansart &
Le Notre) is an absolute showplace -- magnificently tended vineyards,
parks, gardens and a stunning chateau, the largest in Beaujolais.
Owned by the Marquise de Roussy de Sales, producing this Grand Cru
estate bottled Brouilly.
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Vinification:
The wine is fermented in stainless steel vats then bottled the
following spring to capture the fruit of the Gamay grape.
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Style:
The wine has greater body and a longer life than most Brouilly.
Light and fragrant, deep purple in color, it is full of the typical
berry-like flavors that are hallmarks of the best Brouilly.
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Food: Serve
slightly chilled. Excellent with pate, sausage, cheese, pasta salads,
light meats and veal.
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