Château Alfa La Bernarde - Premières Côtes de Blaye

Château Alfa La BernardePremières Côtes de Blaye

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
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The Premières Côtes de Blaye of Château Alfa La Bernarde is a red wine from the region of Premières Côtes de Blaye of Bordeaux.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.

Taste structure of the Premières Côtes de Blaye from the Château Alfa La Bernarde

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Premières Côtes de Blaye of Château Alfa La Bernarde in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Château Alfa La Bernarde's Premières Côtes de Blaye.

Region/Great wine region
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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Premières Côtes de Blaye - 2014
In the top 100 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Premières Côtes de Blaye - 2013
In the top 100 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Premières Côtes de Blaye - 2012
In the top 100 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
Average rating: 2.8110.500
Premières Côtes de Blaye - 2011
In the top 100 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Premières Côtes de Blaye - 2008
In the top 100 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Premières Côtes de Blaye from Château Alfa La Bernarde are 2014, 2013, 2011, 2008 and 2012.

Informations about the Château Alfa La Bernarde

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the Mähler-Besse.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Premières Côtes de Blaye in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Alfa La Bernarde is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Premières Côtes de Blaye to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 60000 of of France wines
In the top 150 of of Premières Côtes de Blaye wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye

The wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Marquis de Vauban or the Château Sainte-Luce Bellevue produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Premières Côtes de Blaye are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Premières Côtes de Blaye often reveals types of flavors of leather, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or vanilla.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

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