The Château La Contrée is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Pauillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château La Contrée wines in Pauillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Contrée 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 Contrée wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château La Contrée wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of hungarian goulash, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese.
In the mouth the red wine of Château La Contrée. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Médoc capital of the First Growths of 1855 (Lafite, Latour, Mouton): signature Cabernet Sauvignon as red king (~70%) with Merlot and Petit Verdot — deep robe with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, graphite, tobacco, smoke and undergrowth, racy powerful tannins, sculptural structure and aristocratic finesse, monumental ageing 20-50 years. AOC (1936), 18 Classified Growths, ~1,213 ha on Garonne gravel ridges, near the Gironde estuary.
Planning a wine route in the of Pauillac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Contrée.
Light, spicy reds with a clear ruby robe, fine tannins and fresh acidity, with characteristic aromas of black pepper, red fruit (raspberry, redcurrant), spice and herbal notes. Airy, refreshing palate with a signature peppery finish. Also made as very expressive, taut rosés. Star of Coteaux du Vendômois AOC, present in Anjou, Touraine and Coteaux du Loir AOC. Autochthonous Loire Valley variety, present since the 12th century (favourite wine of Henry Plantagenet).
