The Château Armandière of Cahors of South West

Château Armandière - Cahors
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 63 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château Armandière is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Armandière wines

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

The top red wines of Château Armandière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Armandière

How Château Armandière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, sweet and sour braised leg of lamb or chicken colombo (west indies).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Armandière

On the nose the red wine of Château Armandière. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Armandière. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Armandière

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5

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

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top pink wines of Château Armandière

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Armandière

How Château Armandière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of family potluck, yassa chicken (senegal) or gratin of fresh chard (green and ribs).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Armandière

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Armandière.

  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Brachetto

A very old vine cultivated in the northwest of Italy, in Piedmont to be precise (provinces of Asti and Allessandria). For a long time it was confused with a large number of other Italian grape varieties, which explains why the latter still bear the synonym "brachetto". It is said to be related to the Muscat à petits grains blancs, to be continued! Note that Brachet, known in the Nice region (Alpes maritimes), is not related to Brachetto. Brachetto can be found in Argentina, Italy, etc. It is virtually unknown in France.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Armandière

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

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Armandière and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

LVMH buys Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973. He turned it into one of California’s most prominent producers, famed for its flagship Insignia – a Bordeaux-style blend – and its pioneering use of Rhône varieties, which kick-started the ‘Rhône Rangers’ movement in the Golden State. The founder’ ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

The word of the wine: Blanc de noirs (champagne)

Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.

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