The Château Grinou of Guyenne of South West

Château Grinou
The winery offers 33 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 176 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château Grinou is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 33 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Grinou wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château Grinou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Grinou

How Château Grinou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of cake with smoked bacon, prunes and comté cheese, grandma's cherry clafoutis or september's verrine.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Grinou.

  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top red wines of Château Grinou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Grinou

How Château Grinou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or home-made coq au vin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Grinou

On the nose the red wine of Château Grinou. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of plum, black currant or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Grinou. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Grinou

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top white wines of Château Grinou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Grinou

How Château Grinou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of gravelax salmon, linguine with shrimp and spicy tomato sauce or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Grinou

On the nose the white wine of Château Grinou. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Grinou

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Grinou.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.

The top pink wines of Château Grinou

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Grinou

How Château Grinou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of real swiss fondue, parmesan and poppy seed tuiles (5th meeting) or fish shells.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Grinou

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Grinou.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Grinou

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

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: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.