The Château Carcanieux of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Carcanieux
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Taillan Group.
It is ranked in the top 964 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Carcanieux is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Carcanieux wines

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

The top red wines of Château Carcanieux

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Carcanieux

How Château Carcanieux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, lamb tagine with quince or duck breast in a crust.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Carcanieux

On the nose the red wine of Château Carcanieux. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, raisin or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Carcanieux. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Carcanieux

  • 1982With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1995With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1998With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Carcanieux

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Château Carcanieux and wines from the region

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

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The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The word of the wine: Braucol

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