The Château Haut Fongrive of Guyenne of South West

Château Haut Fongrive - Closerie du Grand Seignal
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 676 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château Haut Fongrive is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut Fongrive wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut Fongrive

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Haut Fongrive

How Château Haut Fongrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), greek-style shepherd's pie or duck breast with honey sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut Fongrive

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut Fongrive. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut Fongrive

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.46/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

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 white wines of Château Haut Fongrive

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Haut Fongrive

How Château Haut Fongrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon with honey and soy, shrimps with curry and coconut milk or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Haut Fongrive

On the nose the white wine of Château Haut Fongrive. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Haut Fongrive

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle
  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top sweet wines of Château Haut Fongrive

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Haut Fongrive

How Château Haut Fongrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sea bream with white wine, giant paella cooked on a wood fire or apple cake.

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

  • Muscadelle
  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Tastevin

Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.

The top pink wines of Château Haut Fongrive

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Haut Fongrive

How Château Haut Fongrive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked lasagna or wild boar with honey.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Haut Fongrive

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Haut Fongrive

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 Haut Fongrive.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Tastevin

Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.