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 stuffed tomatoes with thermomix, quiche without pastry or cauliflower croque-monsieur.

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

Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).

5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.

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 blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, doner kebab or duck breast with honey.

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, plum or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices. 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
  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1982With 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: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.