The Château Haut-Tayac of Margaux of Bordeaux

Château Haut-Tayac - Margaux
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Pierre Jean Larraqué.
It is ranked in the top 133 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Margaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Haut-Tayac is one of the best wineries to follow in Margaux.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Margaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut-Tayac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut-Tayac

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

How Château Haut-Tayac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet, oven-baked lamb stew or real paella recipe from valencia.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut-Tayac

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut-Tayac. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut-Tayac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 1998With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.89/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Margaux

The wine region of Margaux is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Margaux or the Château Palmer produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Margaux are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Margaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, bitter almond or pencil shavings and sometimes also flavors of dried rose, pencil lead or acacia.

In the mouth of Margaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 241 estates and châteaux in the of Margaux, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Margaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Haut-Tayac

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

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-Tayac and wines from the region

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

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 ...

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.