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Top-rated Cinsault

Every wine

The highest-rated Cinsault bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

4.8 Languedoc Carlan Mas Jullien 4.8 Rhone Valley Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf-du-Pape Domaine Charvin 4.7 Provence Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rouge Chateau de Pibarnon 4.7 Rhone Valley Domaine de la Mordoree La Dame Rousse Tavel Domaine de la Mordoree 4.7 Provence Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose Domaine Tempier 4.7 Languedoc Las Flors de La Peira La Peira en Damaisela 4.6 Rhone Valley Coudoulet de Beaucastel Cotes du Rhone Chateau de Beaucastel 4.6 Languedoc Une et Mille Nuits Rouge Domaine Canet Valette

Good value

Cinsault under €25

The best-rated Cinsault bottles we have reviewed that sell for under €25, one per producer, from every region we cover.

4.5 Languedoc Côte d'Arbo Mas Champart 4.3 Provence Domaine du Deffends Rose d'une Nuit Domaine du Deffends 4.3 Languedoc Gris de Gris Domaine de Fontsainte 4.3 Languedoc Qu'es Aquo Mas Cal Demoura 4.2 Provence Chateau Calissanne Cuvee Romain Rose Chateau Calissanne 4.2 Provence Chateau de Beaupre Tradition Rose Chateau de Beaupre 4.2 Provence Chateau Miraval Studio Rose Chateau Miraval 4.2 Languedoc Cres Rouge Domaine du Grand Cres

At the table

What to eat with Cinsault

Food pairing guide

The dishes our editors pair with Cinsault, grouped by kind of food, each with the bottle it comes from. Cinsault food pairing →

Region by region

Where Cinsault is made

4 regions, with their best Cinsault bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Cinsault

Every cheese
Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage Our pick Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds are warm, ripe southern wines with plenty of alcohol and fruit. That ripeness reads almost sweet against the salt and blue veins of a mild, creamy Vercors-Sassenage, and the cheese's fat rounds off the wine's tannin. Châteauneuf-du-Pape rouge, Rhone Valley: Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Poivre d'âne Our pick Poivre d'âne is sweet and fragrant, with a fine, tight paste and a coat of dried herbs. A pale, light-bodied rosé with citrus and red fruit refreshes without covering the winter savory. Androuet lists rosé de Provence for it. Pale, light-bodied Provence rosé (Côtes de Provence or IGP Méditerranée), Provence: Domaines Ott By.Ott Cotes de Provence Rose · Chateau d'Esclans Whispering Angel · Chateau Leoube Rose de Leoube
Pélardon Our pick accords-mets-vins.fr advises light, low-tannin reds for Pélardon, such as a young Saint-Chinian or a lightly extracted Faugères, and warns that a powerful or oaky red crushes it. A medium-bodied red raised mostly in concrete or old wood, with supple tannin, keeps the goat's milk in view. Supple Languedoc red, unoaked or in old wood, Languedoc: Côte d'Arbo · Faugères Tradition · Lou Maset
Picodon Our pick The accords-mets-vins.fr guide keeps Provence rosé for young Picodon and picks Tavel, which it calls fuller and more structured, for an aged one. An aged Picodon is drier and firmer, and a dry rosé with Tavel's weight and fresh acidity has the grip to match it. Tavel rosé, Rhone Valley: Domaine de la Mordoree La Dame Rousse Tavel · Chateau d'Aqueria Tavel
Brousse du Rove Our pick Fresh brousse is tender, creamy and mild, so a light rosé is enough. A pale, light-bodied Provence rosé made in steel, with citrus and red fruit over high acidity, refreshes it. Androuet lists rosé de Provence for this cheese. Pale, light-bodied Provence rosé (Côtes de Provence or IGP Méditerranée), Provence: Domaines Ott By.Ott Cotes de Provence Rose · Chateau d'Esclans Whispering Angel · Chateau Leoube Rose de Leoube
Roquefort Our pick accords-mets-vins.fr says Roquefort tolerates a red where many cow's milk cheeses turn bitter with tannin. A medium-bodied Terrasses du Larzac red raised in large or used wood, with cherry or plum fruit, garrigue and fine tannin, has the grip to stand up to the salt. Terrasses du Larzac red, Languedoc: Terre de Jonquieres · Les Etats d'Ame · Obriers de La Peira

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