The Château Biston-Brillette of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Biston-Brillette - Château Biston Moulis
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 308 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Biston-Brillette is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Biston-Brillette wines

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

The top red wines of Château Biston-Brillette

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Biston-Brillette

How Château Biston-Brillette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of autumn leaves, lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or rabbit and mushroom gibelotte.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Biston-Brillette

On the nose the red wine of Château Biston-Brillette. often reveals types of flavors of earth, pepper or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Biston-Brillette. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Biston-Brillette

  • 1996With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Biston-Brillette.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

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Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Biston-Brillette and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.

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