The Château La Pilar of Côtes de Duras of South West

Château La Pilar
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Côtes de Duras in the region of South West

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

Top Château La Pilar wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Pilar

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

How Château La Pilar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, spaghetti carbonara or rabbit with cider and prunes.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Pilar

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Duras

The wine region of Côtes de Duras is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mouthes le Bihan or the Domaine Mouthes le Bihan produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Duras are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Duras often reveals types of flavors of minerality, tropical or grass and sometimes also flavors of leather, tobacco or chocolate.

In the mouth of Côtes de Duras is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 121 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Duras, producing 346 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Duras go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

The top white wines of Château La Pilar

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château La Pilar

How Château La Pilar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked mackerel, squid with garlic and parsley or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Pilar

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château La Pilar.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Pilar

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

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 Pilar and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vergisson, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Tanin

A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.