The Chateau Champs de Durand of Libournais of Bordeaux

Chateau Champs de Durand
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 2232 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Chateau Champs de Durand is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Champs de Durand wines

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

The top red wines of Chateau Champs de Durand

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Champs de Durand

How Chateau Champs de Durand wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan) or casserons in the country style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Champs de Durand

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Champs de Durand

  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Champs de Durand.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

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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 Chateau Champs de Durand and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.