The Château Fourcaud of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Fourcaud - Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Sichel.
It is ranked in the top 344 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Fourcaud wines

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

The top red wines of Château Fourcaud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fourcaud

How Château Fourcaud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef curry, douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or real paella recipe from valencia.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fourcaud

On the nose the red wine of Château Fourcaud. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, leather or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fourcaud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fourcaud

  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Philippe de Rothschild or the Château Le Chatelet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, savory or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of bramble, raisin or sour cherry.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 645 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion, producing 833 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fourcaud

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinella blanca

A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a very long time in Italy - where it originated - and that can still be found today in the Veneto region. It is also known in Slovenia and Bulgaria, but is virtually unknown in France. According to genetic analysis, it is related to the white gouais, which it resembles somewhat. There is a Pinella nera, but it is not clear whether it is the black form.

News about Château Fourcaud and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

DBR Lafite CEO Jean-Guillaume Prats to step down

Jean-Guillaume Prats is set to leave the business around four years after being appointed CEO and president of Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR Lafite). A DBR Lafite spokesperson said Prats would leave before the end of the year, in order to ‘devote himself to his family business and to consulting’. Group chairwoman Saskia de Rothschild will take over the executive management of DBR Lafite as of December. Prats’ arrival at DBR Lafite was announced in November 2017 as part of a leadership ...

The word of the wine: Green

Said of a wine that is too acidic or marked by unpleasant vegetal tastes.