Château de FontenilleBordeaux Clairet
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Clairet
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Clairet
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Clairet
The Bordeaux Clairet of Château de Fontenille matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fast and, special' tagliatelle carbonara or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.
Details and technical informations about Château de Fontenille's Bordeaux Clairet.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bordeaux Clairet from Château de Fontenille are 2011, 2018, 2012, 2014
Informations about the Château de Fontenille
The Château de Fontenille is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Clairet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Clairet
BordeauxClairet wines are very colourful and distinctive Bordeaux rosé wines. As you might expect, they are made from the classic red Bordeaux grapes - mainly Merlot with a little help from the more "Serious" Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Despite their intense Color and Rich, FruityAroma, the wines are still Dry. With their simple structure and lack of tannin (an essential ingredient in the wine maturation process), Bordeaux Clairet wines are not suitable for aging.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Skinny
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
