Chateau Feely Star Pairing with Vincent Lucas

Book an incredible wine and food pairing experience – created in collaboration with star chef Vincent Lucas at Chateau Feely between Bordeaux and Sarlat.

Exclusive Food and Wine Pairing Experience

Château Feely, winner of three Gold Trophies for their wine tourism and maker of award winning organic wines and natural wines is delighted to release star chef Vincent Lucas’ pairings for the Chateau Feely 2024 range of wines. You can book this unique gourmet food and wine experience at Chateau Feely everyday except Sunday May to September (limited availability – if this option is not available Chateau Feely also offer a wine and food pairing half day wine tour with lunch experience all year round).

Caro Feely, passionate about food and wine pairing, and Vincent Lucas, passionate about innovative and creative cuisine, began working on a pairing collaboration in 2017. The 2024 experience offers new flavours, vegetarian options and delightful sweetness to finish with Bovetti organic chocolates paired with Feely wine.  The experience starts with a visit of Feely organic vineyard followed by tasting 4 Feely  wines and then the 4 pairings created by Vincent Lucas. This creative and highly regarded chef (Michelin starred several times) likes to surprise with unusual flavours.

This Year’s Fabulous Food and Wine Pairings

The 2024 range pairings:

• Feely Sparkling Brut Rosé with strawberry cheesecake notes – is paired with a verrine of candied vegetables with strawberry and balsamic vinegar
• Feely Mille Fleurs Orange Wine – with marmalade notes and gunflint minerality – is paired with a salad of peas, orange (vegan) and cauliflower cream
• Feely Vivacité Cabernet Sauvignon – with fresh dark fruit notes – is paired a quinoa, leek, celery, black olives and parsley and almond flour scone
• Barrel aged Feely La Source Merlot blend with notes of plum, blackberry is paired with a ricotta and lentil cake with sweet spices

 

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  Star Pairing Experience Chateau Feely photo by Brooklyn Pearson

Key points about Feely wines:
 Vineyard certified organic (ecocert) for decades
 Vines growing on a unique plateau of limestone and flintstone
 Range includes no sulphites added wines and wines from heritage vines
 All handpicked with loving care
 Exclusive wines – less than 3000 bottles per cuvée and limited edition numbered bottles

Guests continue the pairing voyage with Bovetti organic chocolates also produced in the Périgord and Feely wines followed by a finale of organic coffee or tea or fresh mint from the Feely potager.

The pairings are vegetarian friendly.

The gourmet Star pairing experience is 50 euro per person (book online) and is available Monday to Saturday 17h30 to 19h (for 6 or more people other timing is possible by request and depending on availability) by reservation at least 48 hours in advance.

Feely organic wines and natural wines are available in gastronmic restaurants and direct from the chateau – online and at the vineyard shop – they are not available in supermarkets or other general distribution outlets.

The visit complements the wide variety of wine experiences from one hour to five days offered by Chateau Feely including Wine courses – see the Feely’s sister website French Wine Adventures for details. The Feelys share their passion for wine and for organic and biodynamic farming with food and wine experiences, accommodation, wine tours, wine school and multi-day walking tours in South West France. Books signed by the author, gift vouchers for the vine share, accommodation, tours and organic and natural wines.

ABOUT CHATEAU FEELY

Sean and Caro Feely moved from Dublin city to pursue their dream of organic wine farming in France in 2005. They make award winning certified organic wines (www.chateaufeely.com ); offer luxury ecological accommodation, a wine school and multi day wine tours including vineyard walking tours. Caro Feely’s books about the couple’s experience in France include: Grape Expectations, Saving our Skins Vineyard Confessions and Cultivating Change. She has also written Wine, the essential Guide and Saving Sophia. The Chateau Feely® blog explores the theme of why choose organic wine, food and wine pairing and wine.

ABOUT VINCENT LUCAS

Originally from Nice, Vincent Lucas is a chef whose dream is to give meaning to his life and not just his passion. He pushes the limits with an imaginative and exciting cuisine with a deep respect for French tradition, terroir and the seasons. Vincent Lucas was Michelin starred chef at a restaurant which he recently sold. This creative and highly regarded chef likes to surprise with unexpected sweet-sour and earth-sea combinations as can be discovered in his cookery book Ma Cuisine du Périgord.

Find all Caro’s books, where to buy them and ISBNs.

Buy Feely premium organic wines online (shipped in the EU). For other countries please contact us.

Explore French Wine Adventures for a wine tour or walking tour .

Come and discover more with a visit to Chateau Feely in South West France and / or stay with us .

Book a virtual experience or course.

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