The Château du Cèdre of Cahors of South West

Château du Cèdre - Blandine Le Blanc
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château du Cèdre is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château du Cèdre wines

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

The top white wines of Château du Cèdre

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château du Cèdre

How Château du Cèdre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pho ga (vietnamese chicken soup), quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château du Cèdre

On the nose the white wine of Château du Cèdre. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or grass. In the mouth the white wine of Château du Cèdre. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château du Cèdre

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château du Cèdre.

  • Colombard
  • Ugni blanc
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top red wines of Château du Cèdre

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château du Cèdre

How Château du Cèdre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, duck leg confit in white wine or pork chops with curry and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château du Cèdre

On the nose the red wine of Château du Cèdre. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, floral or cedar and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château du Cèdre. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château du Cèdre

  • 1999With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.05/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Tannat

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top sweet wines of Château du Cèdre

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château du Cèdre

How Château du Cèdre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château du Cèdre.

  • Gros Manseng

The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château du Cèdre

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

Discover the grape variety: Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Netherlands). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Gros Manseng blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château du Cèdre and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Decanter Retailer Awards: The 2022 winners

An indispensable guide to the best wine shops, online retail, wine specialists and wine support services in the UK, the Decanter Retailer Awards 2022 winners have been partially revealed, with more results to be announced tomorrow, 28th September. Challenges are simply part of the landscape for retailers these days, but there are those who are rising to these challenges in style. The UK wine retail scene has undergone huge changes in the last five years, and our evolving categories aim to reflec ...

The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.