The Château Grand David de Mauvinon of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Grand David de Mauvinon - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1564 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Grand David de Mauvinon is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Grand David de Mauvinon wines

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

The top red wines of Château Grand David de Mauvinon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Grand David de Mauvinon

How Château Grand David de Mauvinon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of savoyard matafans, pastillas with lamb and apricots or baked duck legs with potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Grand David de Mauvinon

On the nose the red wine of Château Grand David de Mauvinon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or plum and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Grand David de Mauvinon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Grand David de Mauvinon

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Grand David de Mauvinon.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 Grand David de Mauvinon

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 Grand David de Mauvinon.

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.

News about Château Grand David de Mauvinon and wines from the region

Chateau St. Jean in Sonoma sold to Foley Family Wines

Foley Family Wines has returned to the acquisition trail in California by announcing its acquisition of Sonoma’s Chateau St. Jean from the Americas division of Treasury Wine Estates, owner of Penfolds in Australia. Foley said it ‘plans to restore the winery to its former glory’. A fee for the deal was not disclosed, but the purchase includes the historic 1920s chateau building, a 6,000-square-foot visitor centre, a winery facility and almost 32 hectares (79 acres) of estate vineyards. Fole ...

Investing in California wine: slow but steady gains

There has been buyer and trade enthusiasm for California’s 2018-vintage releases, yet there is still a sense of the region finding its way on the international fine wine market. Releases of top Cabernet Sauvignon and ‘Bordeaux blend’ wines from the 2018 vintage have added some spark to the California sector of the market this year. ‘We’re seeing much stronger demand for blue-chip 2018s than we did for the 2017s,’ said Ryan Woodhouse, domestic wine buyer for K&L Wine Merchants in the US. Scar ...

Château Lassègue names seventh-generation vigneron Nicolas Seillan as its new winemaker

Seillan takes on his new role in addition to his current position as senior vice president of finance, Château Lassègue and Tenuta di Arceno. Château Lassègue said Seillan will continue to work alongside his father, renowned vigneron Pierre Seillan, who said: ‘I am proud that my son Nicolas will continue in the tradition of our family lineage as a seventh-generation vigneron, and bring his passion and respect for the great terroirs and wines of France.’ Born into a family of French vignerons, Ni ...

The word of the wine: Unbalanced

Said of a wine whose different elements are not perceived in a harmonious and pleasant way. This is not necessarily a defect, it can be a wine that is too young and not yet blended.