The Château Graves de Fontanelle of Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

Château Graves de Fontanelle - Saint-Estèphe
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is ranked in the top 188 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Estèphe in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Graves de Fontanelle is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Estèphe.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Saint-Estèphe to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Graves de Fontanelle wines

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

The top red wines of Château Graves de Fontanelle

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Graves de Fontanelle

How Château Graves de Fontanelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, lamb chops with figs and honey or duck breast with pepper sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Graves de Fontanelle.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Estèphe

The wine region of Saint-Estèphe is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cos d'Estournel or the Château Montrose produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Estèphe are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Estèphe often reveals types of flavors of iron, sandalwood or banana and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried herbs or star anise.

In the mouth of Saint-Estèphe is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 199 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Estèphe, producing 306 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Estèphe go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Graves de Fontanelle

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

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Graves de Fontanelle and wines from the region

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 ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.

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