The Château la Bardonne is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux Supérieur.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château la Bardonne wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château la Bardonne 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 la Bardonne wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château la Bardonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, express veal stew in a pressure cooker or rabbit and mushroom gibelotte.
In the mouth the red wine of Château la Bardonne. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.
How Château la Bardonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of fresh salmon risotto, fried rice with shrimp and chicken or quick chocolate fudge cake.
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.
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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.
