The Château du Grand Barrail of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château du Grand Barrail
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Denis Lafon.
It is ranked in the top 1730 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château du Grand Barrail is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château du Grand Barrail wines

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

The top red wines of Château du Grand Barrail

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château du Grand Barrail

How Château du Grand Barrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, roasted stuffed goose with mushroom sauce or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château du Grand Barrail

In the mouth the red wine of Château du Grand Barrail. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château du Grand Barrail

  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château du Grand Barrail.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

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. .

The top white wines of Château du Grand Barrail

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château du Grand Barrail

How Château du Grand Barrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, cream and tuna quiche or home-made coq au vin.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château du Grand Barrail.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top pink wines of Château du Grand Barrail

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château du Grand Barrail

How Château du Grand Barrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, lamb stew with melting peppers or potjevlesch (northern france).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château du Grand Barrail.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Bordeaux futures

Bordeaux wines are expected 2 to 3 years before bottling. In the spring following the harvest, the wines are offered by the châteaux to the Bordeaux wine merchants via the brokers.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château du Grand Barrail

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 du Grand Barrail.

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.

News about Château du Grand Barrail and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Bordeaux futures

Bordeaux wines are expected 2 to 3 years before bottling. In the spring following the harvest, the wines are offered by the châteaux to the Bordeaux wine merchants via the brokers.