The Château Delhomme of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Delhomme - Médoc
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Maison Bouey.
It is ranked in the top 645 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Delhomme is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Delhomme wines

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

The top red wines of Château Delhomme

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Delhomme

How Château Delhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, veal saltimbocca or rabbit with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Delhomme

On the nose the red wine of Château Delhomme. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Delhomme. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Delhomme

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Delhomme

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Discover the grape variety: Seyval blanc

A relative of the Saint Pepin, this direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between 5656 Seibel and Ray d'Or (4986 Seibel) obtained in 1921 by the Seyve-Villard company, formerly based in Saint Vallier (Drôme). Seyval blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It can be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, etc. It is practically non-existent in France and is in danger of disappearing.

News about Château Delhomme and wines from the region

Join us for our first Decanter Taste With The Experts event

For the first time ever, Decanter is offering readers and wine lovers alike the chance to see behind the scenes of our renowned panel tastings and experience first hand what it means to taste like an expert. Decanter’s panel tastings are one of the most rigorous exercises in blind tasting, where a panel of three experts taste and score up to 100 wines a day, based on criteria set by the Decanter editorial team. We’re delighted to announced that this autumn will see the start of our n ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur: first impressions

There’s no doubt that 2021 was a challenging vintage. Most explanatory statements or technical sheets handed out over the past few weeks have mentioned the unfavourable, oft disastrous weather conditions, the sometimes very low and disheartening yields and the slightly varied or unusual blends on offer in 2021. Difficulties faced by vignerons both inside and outside of the cellar have been explained in detail as has the raft of highly important decisions needed be made throughout the year, ...

The word of the wine: Stave

A slat of wood that makes up the barrel.

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