The Château Rouget of Pomerol of Bordeaux

Château Rouget - Le Carillon de Rouget Pomerol
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Famille Labruyère.
It is ranked in the top 57 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pomerol in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Rouget is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Pomerol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Rouget wines

Looking for the best Château Rouget wines in Pomerol among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Rouget wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Rouget wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Rouget

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Rouget

How Château Rouget wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, pasta with merguez or duck breast with honey sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Rouget

On the nose the red wine of Château Rouget. often reveals types of flavors of cream, red currant or coffee and sometimes also flavors of lavender, jam or dark chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Château Rouget. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Rouget

  • 2002With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1929With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Rouget.

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

Discovering the wine region of Pomerol

The wine region of Pomerol is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pétrus or the Domaine Le Pin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pomerol are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pomerol often reveals types of flavors of cherry, flint or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of salt, dried fig or nutty.

In the mouth of Pomerol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 336 estates and châteaux in the of Pomerol, producing 444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pomerol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Rouget

Planning a wine route in the of Pomerol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Rouget.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Rouget and wines from the region

Iconic Italian wineries partner on wine in space project

The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...

Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

The word of the wine: Dried

Said of a worn out red wine lacking flesh and volume.