The Château Citran of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Citran
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Taillan Group.
It is ranked in the top 70 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Citran is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Citran wines

Looking for the best Château Citran wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Citran 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 Citran wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Citran

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Citran

How Château Citran wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, veal tagine with preserved lemons and saffron or cassoulet with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Citran

On the nose the red wine of Château Citran. often reveals types of flavors of iron, cream or cherry and sometimes also flavors of oaky, smoke or apples. In the mouth the red wine of Château Citran. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Citran

  • 1990With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).

5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.

The top pink wines of Château Citran

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Citran

How Château Citran wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), grandma melanie's cassoulet or green lentils strasbourg style.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Citran

  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Citran.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

The top white wines of Château Citran

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Citran

How Château Citran wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pork stew with bacon and cream, spinach and goat cheese quiche or baked chicken legs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Citran

On the nose the white wine of Château Citran. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or minerality and sometimes also flavors of lemon, gooseberry or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Château Citran. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Citran

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Citran.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.

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Planning a wine route in the of Haut-Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Citran.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.