The Château Grande Rouchonne of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Grande Rouchonne - Cuvée la Croix Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1468 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Grande Rouchonne is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Grande Rouchonne wines

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

The top red wines of Château Grande Rouchonne

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Grande Rouchonne

How Château Grande Rouchonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, traditional tagine (morocco) or civet of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Grande Rouchonne

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Grande Rouchonne

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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 Grande Rouchonne

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 Grande Rouchonne.

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 Grande Rouchonne and wines from the region

Champagne still fizzing on fine wine market in 2022

Champagne prices jumped on vintages of several prestige cuvée labels in 2021 and the sector’s momentum on the fine wine market continued to appear strong in the first quarter of 2022. Louis Roederer’s Cristal has been particularly in demand and its newly released Cristal 2014 vintage was ‘selling like hot cakes’, according to a Bordeaux Index report on Champagne’s market performance – published last month. Bollinger’s La Grande Année 2014 has also sold quickly on release, said ...

Soave producer Pieropan to unveil underground winery

Celebrated Soave producer Pieropan is due to unveil its new winery in April 2022. Dubbed ‘Leonildo Pieropan‘ after the estate’s pioneering late owner, the winery is considered groundbreaking for its eco credentials and use of materials – and is largely hidden under a hill, with just the frontage visible. Pieropan’s project began in 2015, when the family realised they had outgrown the existing winery in the centre of Soave town, and subsequently acquired a site in th ...

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The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).