The Château Bon Prince of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Bon Prince
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2756 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Bon Prince is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Bon Prince wines

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

The top red wines of Château Bon Prince

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Bon Prince

How Château Bon Prince wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, rack of lamb with herbs or rabbit with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bon Prince

In the mouth the red wine of Château Bon Prince. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Bon Prince

  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

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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 Château Bon Prince and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Collar

The upper, cylindrical part of the bottle. Sales of wine bottles are generally expressed in number of bottles.

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