The Château Haut Selve of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Haut Selve
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Lesgourgues.
It is ranked in the top 119 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Haut Selve wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut Selve

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

How Château Haut Selve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, sauté of veal with olives (corsica) or rabbit with white wine and mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut Selve

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut Selve. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cassis or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut Selve. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut Selve

  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top white wines of Château Haut Selve

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

How Château Haut Selve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or keftas tajine with eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Haut Selve

On the nose the white wine of Château Haut Selve. often reveals types of flavors of cream, nutty or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Haut Selve. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Haut Selve

  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Gris

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 Haut Selve

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

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.

News about Château Haut Selve and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly

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-Solutré-Pouilly, 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/Bour ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Skinny

Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.