The Château de Chantegrive of Graves of Bordeaux

Château de Chantegrive
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Famille Lévêque.
It is ranked in the top 127 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château de Chantegrive is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Chantegrive wines

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

The top red wines of Château de Chantegrive

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Chantegrive

How Château de Chantegrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), lamb tagine with honey and dried fruits or rabbit marinated with herbs and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Chantegrive

On the nose the red wine of Château de Chantegrive. often reveals types of flavors of earth, floral or jam and sometimes also flavors of lime, apples or cream. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Chantegrive. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Chantegrive

  • 2000With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1995With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top pink wines of Château de Chantegrive

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Chantegrive

How Château de Chantegrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish tagine, rack of lamb in a crust of herbs and seeds with thyme juice and... or fish with madras curry and coconut milk.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château de Chantegrive

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top white wines of Château de Chantegrive

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Chantegrive

How Château de Chantegrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of turkey stuffed with chestnuts, goat cheese and bacon quiche or coconut chicken curry in thermomix.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Chantegrive

On the nose the white wine of Château de Chantegrive. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or honey and sometimes also flavors of melon, straw or passion fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château de Chantegrive. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Chantegrive

  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: White Grenache

White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.

The top sweet wines of Château de Chantegrive

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château de Chantegrive

How Château de Chantegrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of fresh salmon risotto, pike dumplings with shrimp sauce or pancakes.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château de Chantegrive

  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château de Chantegrive.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Chantegrive

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

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château de Chantegrive and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Lugny

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Lugny, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...

The word of the wine: White Grenache

White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.