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.
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.
How Château Fontesteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, mathieu's lamb tagine or duckling with bigarrade.
On the nose the red wine of Château Fontesteau. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, mushroom or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fontesteau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).
5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.
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.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
