The Winery Charles Delatour is one of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Charles Delatour wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Charles Delatour 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 Winery Charles Delatour wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Charles Delatour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew, beef colombo bourguignon style or roast duck breast or duck fillet with dried apricots.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Charles Delatour. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Charles Delatour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of very simple spaghetti carbonara, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or endive frichti.
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.
How Winery Charles Delatour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with scamorza and pancetta cheese, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or bruschetta with mozzarella.
Wine that is too old, faded or has suffered from handling such as racking or bottling. In the first case it is too late, in the second case the wine must be put to rest for a few weeks in the cellar.
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Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
