The Château Biré of Bordeaux Supérieur of Bordeaux

Château Biré
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 133 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux Supérieur in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Biré wines

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

The top red wines of Château Biré

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Biré

How Château Biré wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, roast veal with black olives or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Biré

On the nose the red wine of Château Biré. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, leather or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Château Biré. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Biré

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur

Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.

Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.

Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.

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

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 Biré 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 ...

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

Bordeaux: Dourthe president Patrick Jestin to retire

Jestin said he has decided to retire after 35 years of helping to develop Maison Dourthe and Bordeaux in general – from exploring new vineyard management and winemaking techniques to promoting wines on the international stage. ‘Although no longer involved in the day-to-day side of the business, rest assured that I will continue to support the company as both stakeholder and trustee,’ he said. Dourthe, founded in 1840, has owned fifth growth estate Château Belgrave since 1979 but also has several ...

The word of the wine: Pagan

See savagnin.