The Vieux Château Gaubert of Graves of Bordeaux

Vieux Château Gaubert - Benjamin de Vieux Château Gaubert Blanc
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Dominique Haverlan.
It is ranked in the top 103 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux
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The Vieux Château Gaubert is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Vieux Château Gaubert wines

Looking for the best Vieux Château Gaubert wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Vieux Château Gaubert 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 Vieux Château Gaubert wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Vieux Château Gaubert

How Vieux Château Gaubert wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of white cabbage with bacon, quiche without pastry or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

On the nose the white wine of Vieux Château Gaubert. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, lemon or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Vieux Château Gaubert. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Vieux Château Gaubert.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top red wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Vieux Château Gaubert

How Vieux Château Gaubert wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or garbure with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

On the nose the red wine of Vieux Château Gaubert. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, plum or spices and sometimes also flavors of microbio, non oak or cedar. In the mouth the red wine of Vieux Château Gaubert. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Vieux Château Gaubert

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.89/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Vieux Château Gaubert and wines from the region

Fires near Bordeaux: Liber Pater vineyard evacuated

Police ordered the evacuation of more local residents in the Landiras area yesterday (Monday 18 July), with Liber Pater’s vineyard in Graves also evacuated as firefighters continued to try to contain a large forest fire that has been burning for the past week. A ‘fog’ of fire smoke behind Liber Pater vines on Tuesday morning (19 July), said owner Loïc Pasquet, who was briefly able to return to the site. Smoke hasn’t been a problem so far, he said. Credit: Loïc Pasquet. ‘The pol ...

Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...

Group of Bordeaux vignerons launches Pirate wine union

The project began life in 2019 as a Facebook group, created by Graves-based winemaker Jean-Baptiste Duquesne of Château Cazebonne. The positive reactions from both the public and fellow winemakers that followed prompted the group to pursue official recognition. ‘The idea started with me and with my friend Laurent David of Château Edmus in St-Emilion. He gave me the idea of the name “pirate”,’ Duquesne told Decanter. ‘So in December 2019, I created a Facebook group called Bordeaux Pirate to show ...

The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.

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