The Château du Rooy of Guyenne of South West

Château du Rooy - Bergerac Blanc Sec
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château du Rooy is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château du Rooy wines

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

The top white wines of Château du Rooy

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château du Rooy

How Château du Rooy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod), mussels with marinara or tiramisu (original recipe).

The best vintages in the white wines of Château du Rooy

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top pink wines of Château du Rooy

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château du Rooy

How Château du Rooy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, moussaka with spices or chicken legs and changing.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top red wines of Château du Rooy

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château du Rooy

How Château du Rooy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with mustard, shish kebab or duck legs with honey and orange.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château du Rooy

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Alcohol content

The alcohol content of wine expressed as a percentage of the volume of alcohol contained in the wine.

The top sweet wines of Château du Rooy

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château du Rooy

How Château du Rooy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of wild salmon with verbena steam, phad thai (thai style fried noodles) or traditional pastry flan.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château du Rooy

  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château du Rooy.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château du Rooy

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château du Rooy and wines from the region

Laggan Bay whisky distillery to open on Islay

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More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

The word of the wine: Alcohol content

The alcohol content of wine expressed as a percentage of the volume of alcohol contained in the wine.