The Château Fontesteau of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Fontesteau
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 84 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Fontesteau is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fontesteau wines

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

The top red wines of Château Fontesteau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fontesteau

How Château Fontesteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, leg of lamb with spices or rabbit good woman.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fontesteau

On the nose the red wine of Château Fontesteau. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of sour cherry, clove or cassis. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fontesteau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fontesteau

  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

The wine region of Haut-Médoc is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lestage Simon or the Château La Lagune produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Haut-Médoc are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Haut-Médoc often reveals types of flavors of leather, sour cherry or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, hay or orange.

In the mouth of Haut-Médoc is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 512 estates and châteaux in the of Haut-Médoc, producing 836 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Haut-Médoc go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fontesteau

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

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 Fontesteau and wines from the region

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The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

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The word of the wine: Roussette

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