The Château Grand Pontet Guadet of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Grand Pontet Guadet - Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1219 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Grand Pontet Guadet 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 Pontet Guadet wines

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

The top red wines of Château Grand Pontet Guadet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Grand Pontet Guadet

How Château Grand Pontet Guadet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or duck breast in a crust.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Grand Pontet Guadet

On the nose the red wine of Château Grand Pontet Guadet. often reveals types of flavors of cheese, microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Grand Pontet Guadet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Grand Pontet Guadet

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Grand Pontet Guadet.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • 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. .

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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 Pontet Guadet.

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 Pontet Guadet and wines from the region

Group of Bordeaux vignerons launches Pirate wine union

The project began life in 2019 as a Facebook group, created by Graves-based winemaker Jean-Baptiste Duquesne of Château Cazebonne. The positive reactions from both the public and fellow winemakers that followed prompted the group to pursue official recognition. ‘The idea started with me and with my friend Laurent David of Château Edmus in St-Emilion. He gave me the idea of the name “pirate”,’ Duquesne told Decanter. ‘So in December 2019, I created a Facebook group called Bordeaux Pirate to show ...

Château Latour 2014 released for first time

Château Latour 2014 was released this morning (15 March), making it the youngest Latour grand vin on the market and the third to be released since the first growth estate left the Bordeaux en primeur system in 2012. Farr Vintners was selling Latour 2014 at £4,950 per 12-bottle case, with six magnums offered at £4,980. Bordeaux Index was offering the wine in six-bottle cases at £2,475 in bond. Analyst group Wine Lister said the wine had been released at €430 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up 18% on the ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

The word of the wine: Licking

Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.