The Château le Bruilleau is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château le Bruilleau wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château le Bruilleau 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 le Bruilleau wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château le Bruilleau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef miroton, oriental lamb skewers or duck stew with cahors wine.
On the nose the red wine of Château le Bruilleau. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, plum or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Château le Bruilleau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.
The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.
How Château le Bruilleau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of leeks with ham and béchamel sauce, goat cheese and bacon quiche or cantonese rice.
On the nose the white wine of Château le Bruilleau. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, apricot or melon and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Château le Bruilleau. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
