The Château La Tour de By is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château La Tour de By wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Tour de By 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 de By wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château La Tour de By wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, pasta with merguez or chicken blanquette.
Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).
The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.
How Château La Tour de By wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of daube niçoise, leg of lamb brissac (leftover leg of lamb) or aïoli.
On the nose the red wine of Château La Tour de By. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of leather, raspberry or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tour de By. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
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Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
