The best wines of Bordeaux Clairet

Discover the best wines of Bordeaux Clairet of Bordeaux as well as the best winemakers of Bordeaux Clairet and estates of Bordeaux Clairet to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Bordeaux Clairet and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Bordeaux Clairet by region

Looking for a good wine of Bordeaux Clairet of Bordeaux among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Bordeaux Clairet. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Bordeaux Clairet with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Bordeaux Clairet

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Bordeaux Clairet

Red wines from the region of Bordeaux Clairet go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vegetable noddles, moroccan veal tagine from hanane or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Bordeaux Clairet

On the nose the red wine of the region of Bordeaux Clairet. often reveals types of flavors of plum, black fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of oaky, earthy or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Bordeaux Clairet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.80/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Bordeaux Clairet

A wine route planned in the region of Bordeaux Clairet? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Bordeaux Clairet.

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux Clairet

BordeauxClairet wines are very colourful and distinctive Bordeaux rosé wines. As you might expect, they are made from the classic red Bordeaux grapes - mainly Merlot with a little help from the more "Serious" Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Despite their intense Color and Rich, FruityAroma, the wines are still Dry. With their simple structure and lack of tannin (an essential ingredient in the wine maturation process), Bordeaux Clairet wines are not suitable for aging.

They are accessible at a much younger age than ordinary red Bordeaux, but they also begin to fade earlier and should be consumed within a year or two of the vintage. This is drastically less than the 20 years of bottle age required by the most prestigious wines of the Medoc and St. Emilion. The classic Bordeaux Clairet wines are so deep in colour (even more so than those from Spanish Navarre) that they could almost be mistaken for very lightly coloured red wines.

In fact, that is precisely what they used to be.

Great pink wines of Bordeaux Clairet

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Bordeaux Clairet

Pink wines from the region of Bordeaux Clairet go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, endives with ham or duck with vanilla (reunion island).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Bordeaux Clairet

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Bordeaux Clairet. often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or strawberries.

The best vintages in pink wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • 2009With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.68/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Great sweet wines of Bordeaux Clairet

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Bordeaux Clairet

Sweet wines from the region of Bordeaux Clairet go well with generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or soft tart with roquefort cheese, bacon and nuts.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Bordeaux Clairet

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Bordeaux Clairet. often reveals types of flavors of honey, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak. In the mouth the sweet wine of the region of Bordeaux Clairet. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Bordeaux Clairet

  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Ampélographie

Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.