The Château de Monturon of Lussac-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château de Monturon - Cuvée Louis Planchot Montagne-Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Famille Saby.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Lussac-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château de Monturon is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Lussac-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Monturon wines

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

The top red wines of Château de Monturon

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

How Château de Monturon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef kidney, moroccan lamb shoulder or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Monturon

On the nose the red wine of Château de Monturon. often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, plum or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, earth or cedar. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Monturon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Monturon

  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Roques or the Domaine Gérard Depardieu produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lussac-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, jam or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of violet, forest floor or aniseed.

In the mouth of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 288 estates and châteaux in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion, producing 425 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lussac-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Monturon

Planning a wine route in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Monturon.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château de Monturon and wines from the region

New group promotes regenerative viticulture in climate battle

Launched at London fine wine club 67 Pall Mall on 28 March, the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) is the brainchild of Stephen Cronk, owner of Maison Mirabeau in Provence. Cronk, who has seen extreme weather events ranging from exceptional frosts to the worst forest fires in living memory in the three years he has owned Mirabeau, feels that one of the most important ways we can fight climate change is through ‘unlearning’ current approaches to land stewardship. ‘This is a critical moment ...

Major Champagne merger for Nicolas Feuillatte to go ahead

Nearly 9% of Champagne’s vineyard area will be covered by the merger between Centre Vinicole – Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne (CRVC), which includes the Champagne Castelnau label. A deal was delayed earlier in 2021, but the merger has now been approved by the two companies’ extraordinary general assemblies. It is expected to be effective from 31 December. Together, the two groups will create a new cooperative, ‘Terroirs et Vigne ...

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

The word of the wine: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.