The Château des Maures of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château des Maures - Cuvée Tradition Lalande-de-Pomerol
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1397 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château des Maures is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château des Maures wines

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

The top red wines of Château des Maures

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château des Maures

How Château des Maures wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château des Maures

On the nose the red wine of Château des Maures. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of mocha, coffee or earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Château des Maures. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château des Maures

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château des Maures.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château des Maures

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

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 des Maures and wines from the region

US: Premium wine sales strong but challenges remain

Premium wine sales enjoyed a spike in the US last year, continuing a general trend towards higher-priced bottles, suggests data in the latest state of the industry report from Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) wine division. It reported a sales growth rate of 21% in 2021, based on figures from premium wineries in its database. That’s the biggest rise since 2007, it said, adding that the average case price among this group was $271 in 2021, up from $241 in 2020 and $262 in 2019. The increase was ...

‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit

Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...

Rare Napa wine of Judgement of Paris fame sells for $12,000

Heritage Auctions said a single bottle of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘SLV’ Cabernet Sauvignon 1973 – representing the Napa Valley red wine that beat top Bordeaux in the landmark 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting – fetched $12,300. That marks a new record auction price for the wine, said Heritage. It was sold to a bidder who wished to remain anonymous during an auction of nearly 4,000 wines from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘legacy collection’. Steven Spurrier’s 1976 Judge ...

The word of the wine: Silky

Said of a caressing wine with extremely fine tannins.