The Château des Fougères is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château des Fougères wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château des Fougères 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 des Fougères wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château des Fougères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, macaroni and cheese or alsatian wine pie.
On the nose the red wine of Château des Fougères. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Château des Fougères. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château des Fougères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pork stew with bacon and cream, cream and tuna quiche or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château des Fougères. often reveals types of flavors of green apple, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
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.
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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.
