The Château Foncrose of Bordeaux

Château Foncrose
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Borie-Manoux.
It is ranked in the top 6566 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Foncrose is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Foncrose wines

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

The top white wines of Château Foncrose

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Foncrose

How Château Foncrose wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of gratin of coquillettes with ham, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or christmas stuffed capon.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

The top red wines of Château Foncrose

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Foncrose

How Château Foncrose wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, roast veal with cider or wild boar bourguignon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Foncrose

On the nose the red wine of Château Foncrose. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Foncrose. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Foncrose

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Foncrose

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

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.

News about Château Foncrose and wines from the region

The Saint-Véran appellation seen by Kevin Tessieux

Kévin Tessieux, President of the appellation’s winegrower union, shares his perspective on the Saint-Véran appellation and tell us about the origin of its name. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VinsdeBourgogneofficiel Twitter : https://twitter.com/VinsdeBourgogne​​​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.li ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.