The Château Certan-Giraud of Pomerol of Bordeaux

Château Certan-Giraud - Pomerol
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 51 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pomerol in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Certan-Giraud is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Pomerol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Certan-Giraud wines

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

The top red wines of Château Certan-Giraud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Certan-Giraud

How Château Certan-Giraud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or aiguillette of duck normandy style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Certan-Giraud

On the nose the red wine of Château Certan-Giraud. often reveals types of flavors of smoke, blackberry or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of plum, leather or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Certan-Giraud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Certan-Giraud

  • 1982With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1983With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Certan-Giraud.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Pomerol

The wine region of Pomerol is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pétrus or the Domaine Le Pin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pomerol are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pomerol often reveals types of flavors of cherry, flint or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of salt, dried fig or nutty.

In the mouth of Pomerol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 336 estates and châteaux in the of Pomerol, producing 444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pomerol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Certan-Giraud

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

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 Certan-Giraud and wines from the region

‘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 ...

Château Angélus: producer profile

Moneypenny, James Bond, Q. Not a bad trio for your wine to share the screen with in its latest cameo. I’ll try not to give too many spoilers if you haven’t yet seen No Time To Die, but I don’t think it gives too much away to say that Bond can’t resist swiping two generous glasses of Château Angélus (2005, although you don’t see the vintage on screen) for himself and Moneypenny from a bottle that Q had carefully opened for his date later that night. This is the third Bond film in which Angélus ha ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

The word of the wine: Stave

A slat of wood that makes up the barrel.