The Château d'Aurilhac of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château d'Aurilhac
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 124 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château d'Aurilhac is one of the best wineries to follow in Haut-Médoc.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château d'Aurilhac wines

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

The top red wines of Château d'Aurilhac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château d'Aurilhac

How Château d'Aurilhac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, moroccan lamb shoulder or rabbit fillet with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château d'Aurilhac

On the nose the red wine of Château d'Aurilhac. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château d'Aurilhac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château d'Aurilhac

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château d'Aurilhac.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.