Top 100 red wines of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux of Côtes de Bordeaux as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux

The wine region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cailleteau Bergeron or the Château Haut-Lalande Grand Vin produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, red cherry or bay leaf and sometimes also flavors of black plum, mint or cocoa.

In the mouth of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 512 estates and châteaux in the of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux, producing 1035 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux

red wines from the region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked marrow bones, vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake) or duck breast with honey, potato and onion with garlic.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux

On the nose in the region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, tar or prune and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, forest floor or jam. In the mouth in the region of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

News from the vineyard of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

Concern that wine prices may rise amid cost pressures

Inflation and higher costs have led to questions in the UK and US in recent weeks about how much the trade can absorb before wine prices increase. Despite a recent freeze on duty tax, the UK Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has said it is concerned wine prices may rise in 2022 due to myriad factors, including higher costs, inflation and supply chain issues. The trade body sent a letter to government signed by 49 UK wine and spirits businesses last month, warning that ‘rising cost ...