The Winery Clos Fourtet of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Winery Clos Fourtet - La Closerie de Fourtet Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the Famille Cuvelier.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux
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The Winery Clos Fourtet is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos Fourtet wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos Fourtet wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos Fourtet 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 Winery Clos Fourtet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Clos Fourtet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clos Fourtet

How Winery Clos Fourtet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, lamb garam massala or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clos Fourtet

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos Fourtet. often reveals types of flavors of cream, toasty or dried fig and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, prune or mint. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clos Fourtet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos Fourtet

  • 1983With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1991With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1979With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1978With an average score of 4.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clos Fourtet.

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

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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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 Winery Clos Fourtet and wines from the region

St-Emilion 2022 classification promotes Château Figeac to Premier Grand Cru Classé A

St-Emilion’s Wine Council announced its eagerly-anticipated ranking this afternoon, bringing a decade of disputes and court battles to an end. The classification awards Premier Grand Cru Classé A status to just two producers, while it also recognises 12 Premier Grands Crus Classés (B) and 71 Grands Crus Classés. These rankings can cause a winery’s value to soar – they have been likened to the Michelin guide for restaurants – so winemakers across the region awaited the results with bated breath t ...

St-Emilion council defends classification after Angélus withdrawal

Château Angélus’ announcement that it is withdrawing from the process to create the 2022 St-Emilion Classification has sent shockwaves through the region and raised questions about the ranking’s future form.  With Châteaux Ausone and Cheval Blanc having announced their withdrawal last year, three of the top-ranking ‘Premier Grand Cru Classé A’ estates from the last edition of the St-Emilion Classification in 2012 will not be candidates for the revised ranking, due this ye ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: SR

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