The Château Franc Laporte of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Franc Laporte - Chateau de la Seigneurie St-Emilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1385 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Franc Laporte wines

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

The top red wines of Château Franc Laporte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Franc Laporte

How Château Franc Laporte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, chakchouka or rabbit with hunter's sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Franc Laporte

On the nose the red wine of Château Franc Laporte. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vanilla or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Franc Laporte. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Franc Laporte

  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Franc Laporte

Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Franc Laporte.

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.

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The word of the wine: Nose

In tasting, this is the second phase, which consists of identifying the wine's aromas and possibly its defects.