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 baked marrow bones, gypsy sauce or rabbit with basquaise sauce.
In the mouth the red wine of Château La Contrée. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Pauillac is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Latour or the Château Lafite Rothschild produce mainly wines red, pink and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pauillac are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pauillac often reveals types of flavors of iron, milk chocolate or apricot and sometimes also flavors of coconut, toasted bread or tomatoes.
In the mouth of Pauillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 151 estates and châteaux in the of Pauillac, producing 248 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pauillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
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.
Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2000, between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.
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A collective production structure to which winegrowers belong in order to pool their grapes, transform them into wine and ensure its marketing.
