The Château Boyd-Cantenac of Margaux of Bordeaux

Château Boyd-Cantenac - Bordeaux by Boyd-Cantenac
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 29 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Margaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Boyd-Cantenac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Margaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Boyd-Cantenac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Boyd-Cantenac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Boyd-Cantenac

How Château Boyd-Cantenac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, veal escalope with lemon sauce or duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Boyd-Cantenac

On the nose the red wine of Château Boyd-Cantenac. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of dark chocolate, red cherry or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Château Boyd-Cantenac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Boyd-Cantenac

  • 1980With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1984With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1966With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.25/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Boyd-Cantenac.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Margaux

The wine region of Margaux is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Margaux or the Château Palmer produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Margaux are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Margaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, bitter almond or pencil shavings and sometimes also flavors of dried rose, pencil lead or acacia.

In the mouth of Margaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 241 estates and châteaux in the of Margaux, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Margaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Boyd-Cantenac

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

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 Boyd-Cantenac and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

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‘Exceptional’ Lafleur 2021 released en primeur

Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...

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The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)

Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.