The wine region of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Prieuré Sainte-Anne or the Château Carignan produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cadillac - 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 Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, citrus fruit or dark chocolate and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, chocolate or red currant.
In the mouth of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 118 estates and châteaux in the of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux, producing 170 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).
Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
wines from the region of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, veal liver in vinegar or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.
On the nose in the region of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or leather and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Cadillac - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
