The Château Calabre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Calabre wines in Bergerac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Calabre 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 Calabre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Calabre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or roast pork orloff.
The wine region of Bergerac is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Tour des Gendres or the Vignoble des Verdots produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bergerac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bergerac often reveals types of flavors of non oak, yeast or black currant and sometimes also flavors of mint, pineapple or cream.
In the mouth of Bergerac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 518 estates and châteaux in the of Bergerac, producing 1004 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bergerac go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.
How Château Calabre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of grilled bass with pastis and fennel, fish and seafood gratin or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
On the nose the white wine of Château Calabre. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Château Calabre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of barbecue burger, marielle's lamb and eggplant parmentier or grandma's chicken casserole.
Acidity resulting essentially from alcoholic fermentation and formed from acetic acids in the free state.
How Château Calabre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of cheese fondue, yoghurt cake or filet mignon with roquefort and port wine.
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.
Planning a wine route in the of Bergerac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Calabre.
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.
