The Château Fonfroide of Bordeaux

Château Fonfroide
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 5533 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Fonfroide is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fonfroide wines

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

The top red wines of Château Fonfroide

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fonfroide

How Château Fonfroide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chili con carne, cutlets with portuguese sauce or rabbit with beer and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fonfroide

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fonfroide

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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 white wines of Château Fonfroide

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Fonfroide

How Château Fonfroide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, quiche lorraine or express chicken skewers with spices.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Fonfroide

On the nose the white wine of Château Fonfroide. often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lemon or pear. In the mouth the white wine of Château Fonfroide. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Fonfroide

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

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 Fonfroide

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Fonfroide

How Château Fonfroide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil) or the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Provignage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fonfroide

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 Fonfroide.

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.