The Château Font Merlet of Bordeaux

Château Font Merlet
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 5280 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

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

Top Château Font Merlet wines

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

The top red wines of Château Font Merlet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Font Merlet

How Château Font Merlet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, moroccan veal tagine from hanane or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Font Merlet

On the nose the red wine of Château Font Merlet. often reveals types of flavors of oak, plum or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Font Merlet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Font Merlet

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.

The top pink wines of Château Font Merlet

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Font Merlet

How Château Font Merlet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, rack of lamb with herbs or endives with ham (improved).

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.