The Château Chantemerle of Premières Côtes de Blaye of Bordeaux

Château Chantemerle - Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Premières Côtes de Blaye in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Chantemerle is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Premières Côtes de Blaye to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Chantemerle wines

Looking for the best Château Chantemerle wines in Premières Côtes de Blaye among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Chantemerle 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 Chantemerle wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Chantemerle

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Chantemerle

How Château Chantemerle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of hungarian goulash, sauté of veal with mushrooms or stuffed duck or goose neck.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Chantemerle

On the nose the red wine of Château Chantemerle. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Chantemerle. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Chantemerle

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.20/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye

The wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Marquis de Vauban or the Château Sainte-Luce Bellevue produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Premières Côtes de Blaye are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Premières Côtes de Blaye often reveals types of flavors of leather, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or vanilla.

In the mouth of Premières Côtes de Blaye is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 237 estates and châteaux in the of Premières Côtes de Blaye, producing 293 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Premières Côtes de Blaye go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Chantemerle

Planning a wine route in the of Premières Côtes de Blaye? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Chantemerle.

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 Château Chantemerle and wines from the region

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. ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, Decanter World Wine Awards results offer a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine. Each year’s results offer surprises and revelations, highlighting growth in quality and consistency – or lack thereof. An all-time record for wines tasted, discover the results from the 19th edition of the competition. Quick links to DWWA 2022 results Search all Best in Show medals Search all Platinum medals Search all Gold medals Search ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Bitter

Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.