The Château La Grave of Cahors of South West

Château La Grave - Bordeaux
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 79 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Château La Grave is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Grave wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Grave

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

How Château La Grave wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, capon stuffed with morels or rabbit à la lorientaise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Grave

On the nose the red wine of Château La Grave. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, anise or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or vegetal.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Grave

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Grave

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Château La Grave and wines from the region

Reaction as Mouton and Margaux 2021 released en primeur

Both Mouton and Margaux 2021 were released en primeur at €420 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, down 2.8% on the 2020-vintage debut last year, according to Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. While the market dynamics vary between these two First Growths, their 2021 grands vins were being sold en primeur as the cheapest of the last four vintages – below current prices on 2018, 2019 and 2020. Merchants were offering Mouton 2021 and Margaux 2021 at £5,100 (12x75cl in bond). Initial signs suggested t ...

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Haut-Brion 2021 released: latest en primeur reaction

Haut-Brion 2021 released en primeur Château Haut-Brion 2021 was released en primeur at the same price as fellow First Growths Mouton Rothschild and Margaux – €420 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, down 2.8% on last year’s release, according to Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. With an offer price of £5,100 (12x75cl in bond), data from both Liv-ex and analyst group Wine Lister suggested the new release was broadly in-line or slightly under current market prices for several recent vintages. Châtea ...

The word of the wine: Hard

A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.