The Chateau Bacchus de Viaud of Côtes de Bourg of Bordeaux

Chateau Bacchus de Viaud - Côtes de Bourg Rouge
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Château Haut-Terrier.
It is ranked in the top 208 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Côtes de Bourg in the region of Bordeaux

The Chateau Bacchus de Viaud is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes de Bourg.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Côtes de Bourg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Bacchus de Viaud wines

Looking for the best Chateau Bacchus de Viaud wines in Côtes de Bourg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Bacchus de Viaud 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 Chateau Bacchus de Viaud wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud

How Chateau Bacchus de Viaud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with mustard, calf sweetbread with mushrooms or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud

In the mouth the red wine of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud

  • 2012With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Bacchus de Viaud.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Bourg

The wine region of Côtes de Bourg is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc de Cambes or the Château Tayac produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Bourg are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Bourg often reveals types of flavors of oak, sweet tobacco or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of cigar, ripe blackberries or bell pepper.

In the mouth of Côtes de Bourg is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 478 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Bourg, producing 830 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Bourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

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.

News about Chateau Bacchus de Viaud and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

The word of the wine: Malvasia

Name given locally to various grape varieties, notably pinot gris (Pays nantais) and vermentino (Provence and Corsica).