The Château Haut-Franquet of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Haut-Franquet
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 767 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Haut-Franquet is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut-Franquet wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut-Franquet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Haut-Franquet

How Château Haut-Franquet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, moroccan lamb stew or rabbit with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut-Franquet

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut-Franquet. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, tobacco or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of jam, leather or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut-Franquet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut-Franquet

  • 1997With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1998With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1999With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

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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 Haut-Franquet and wines from the region

The Saint-Véran appellation seen by Kevin Tessieux

Kévin Tessieux, President of the appellation’s winegrower union, shares his perspective on the Saint-Véran appellation and tell us about the origin of its name. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VinsdeBourgogneofficiel Twitter : https://twitter.com/VinsdeBourgogne​​​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.li ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chardonnay

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chardonnay, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgogne ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Gross

Champagne with between 6 and 15 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).