The Château La Rayre of Bergerac of South West

Château La Rayre
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 61 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Bergerac in the region of South West

The Château La Rayre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Rayre wines

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

The top pink wines of Château La Rayre

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château La Rayre

How Château La Rayre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bobotie, brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole or duck breast with goat cheese and local ham.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château La Rayre

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château La Rayre.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Bergerac

The wine region of Bergerac is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Tour des Gendres or the Vignoble des Verdots produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bergerac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bergerac often reveals types of flavors of non oak, yeast or black currant and sometimes also flavors of mint, pineapple or cream.

In the mouth of Bergerac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 518 estates and châteaux in the of Bergerac, producing 1004 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bergerac go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Château La Rayre

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

How Château La Rayre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of polish goulash, douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Rayre

On the nose the red wine of Château La Rayre. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Rayre

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top white wines of Château La Rayre

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

How Château La Rayre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta salad with surimi, chipirons / squids with tomato (basque country) or homemade cookies.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Leaf removal

Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.

The top sweet wines of Château La Rayre

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château La Rayre

How Château La Rayre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of spaghetti neapolitan style, paella josé style or rice with milk.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château La Rayre

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château La Rayre.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Rayre

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

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 Rayre and wines from the region

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

UK wine harvest 2022: ‘Exceptional’ fruit excites producers

Optimism is high around the UK wine harvest in 2022, even if winemakers are generally reluctant to fully ‘call’ a vintage so early in the process. ‘So far quality has been excellent,’ said Simon Roberts, head winemaker at Ridgeview in Sussex, southern England. ‘We are heading for one of Ridgeview’s biggest harvests ever, possibly topping the record 2018 vintage. The fruit is tasting exceptional,’ he added. ‘Excitingly it looks like a particularly good year for Chardonnay.’ One of the ...

The word of the wine: Leaf removal

Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.