The Château La Tour Carnet of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château La Tour Carnet
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Bernard Magrez.
It is ranked in the top 15 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Tour Carnet is one of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tour Carnet wines

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

The top white wines of Château La Tour Carnet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château La Tour Carnet

How Château La Tour Carnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of rabbit socks in gibelotte, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château La Tour Carnet

On the nose the white wine of Château La Tour Carnet. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, green apple or minerality. In the mouth the white wine of Château La Tour Carnet. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Tour Carnet

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

The wine region of Haut-Médoc is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lestage Simon or the Château La Lagune produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Haut-Médoc are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Haut-Médoc often reveals types of flavors of leather, sour cherry or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, hay or orange.

In the mouth of Haut-Médoc is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 512 estates and châteaux in the of Haut-Médoc, producing 836 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Haut-Médoc go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château La Tour Carnet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Tour Carnet

How Château La Tour Carnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fillet in a crust, lamb tagine with dried fruits or confit sausages.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tour Carnet

On the nose the red wine of Château La Tour Carnet. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, game or grass and sometimes also flavors of cola, anise or dark fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tour Carnet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tour Carnet

  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.15/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec

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 Tour Carnet

Planning a wine route in the of Haut-Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Tour Carnet.

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 Tour Carnet and wines from the region

Chablis: #locationmatters by Yang LU

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this first 90-second clip, Yang LU explains how location is the key to understanding “Why Chablis is special”. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Serrières

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-Serrières, 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: R-M (champagne)

Harvesting and handling. It is the artisan winemaker. He elaborates his own champagne, often a monocru representative of the village or the surrounding villages.