The Château La Brande of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château La Brande - Bordeaux Supérieur
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1066 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Brande is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Brande wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Brande

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Brande

How Château La Brande wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, puchero or candied gizzards.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Brande

On the nose the red wine of Château La Brande. often reveals types of flavors of leather, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of oaky, non oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Brande. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Brande

  • 2015With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Brande.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Brande

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

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 La Brande and wines from the region

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 released

For Dom Pérignon, 2008 marked a significant turning point for its Champagnes. It was the year when the two-part renovation of the red wine winery was completed as well as the culmination of learning from a period of experimentation with different tools and techniques from 2000 to 2005. Scroll down to see the tasting note and score for Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 ‘It’s not even an evolution, but a revolution between 2000 and today,’ said Dom Pérignon chef de cave Vincent Chaperon. ‘W ...

Bordeaux 2021 en primeur set for lower demand

More than 71% of international merchants said they anticipated less demand for Bordeaux 2021 en primeur wines, in volume terms, versus the 2020 vintage released last year, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Barrel sample tastings at the end of April indicated that several châteaux have still made very good wines in the 2021 vintage and that there is plenty to enjoy if you know where to look, despite myriad weather-related challenges in the growing season. Yet more than half of Liv- ...

The word of the wine: Grenache gris

A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.