The Château Cransac of Fronton of South West

Château Cransac - Authentique
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 40 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Fronton in the region of South West
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The Château Cransac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Fronton to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Cransac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Cransac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Cransac

How Château Cransac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), tunisian haja or paupiettes with tomato sauce.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Cransac

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.43/5

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

  • Negrette
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Fronton

The wine region of Fronton is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Bellevue La Forét or the Château Baudare produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fronton are Négrette, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fronton often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, apricot or minerality.

In the mouth of Fronton is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 89 estates and châteaux in the of Fronton, producing 317 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fronton go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top pink wines of Château Cransac

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Cransac

How Château Cransac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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

  • Negrette

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

The top white wines of Château Cransac

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Cransac

How Château Cransac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains

A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Cransac

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

Discover the grape variety: Négrette

Négrette noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South West). 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 bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. Négrette noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Cransac and wines from the region

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Best organic and biodynamic spirits: 10 to try

With climate change becoming an increasingly serious topic for the spirits industry to tackle, so too comes a greater level of awareness amongst consumers that brands should be doing more in relation to the environmental footprints they leave behind globally. Every element, from the cultivation of raw materials, to the composition and distribution of finished glass bottles is now under tighter scrutiny. This year’s Earth Day, a celebration of climate awareness, held on 22 April (founded back in ...

The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains

A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.