The Château La Tour du Pin Figeac of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château La Tour du Pin Figeac - Moueix Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 224 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Tour du Pin Figeac is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tour du Pin Figeac wines

Looking for the best Château La Tour du Pin Figeac wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Tour du Pin Figeac 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 du Pin Figeac wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

How Château La Tour du Pin Figeac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef skewers, 7 o'clock leg of lamb or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

On the nose the red wine of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac. often reveals types of flavors of tobacco, violet or floral and sometimes also flavors of microbio, cedar or graphite. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

  • 1990With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.18/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Tour du Pin Figeac.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Tour du Pin Figeac.

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 du Pin Figeac and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

St-Emilion 2022 classification promotes Château Figeac to Premier Grand Cru Classé A

St-Emilion’s Wine Council announced its eagerly-anticipated ranking this afternoon, bringing a decade of disputes and court battles to an end. The classification awards Premier Grand Cru Classé A status to just two producers, while it also recognises 12 Premier Grands Crus Classés (B) and 71 Grands Crus Classés. These rankings can cause a winery’s value to soar – they have been likened to the Michelin guide for restaurants – so winemakers across the region awaited the results with bated breath t ...

Bordeaux wine sales to US see ‘spectacular recovery’

Bordeaux wine sales to the US reached a new record in 2021, jumping 67% to €349m ($390m), the Bordeaux wine council (CIVB) announced this week. A freeze on additional import tariffs and buyers’ thirst for highly-rated recent vintages helped Bordeaux to a ‘spectacular recovery’ in terms of shipments to the US, it said. Exports rose by 24% in volume last year to 247,000 hectolitres, equivalent to 33 million bottles. While reds dominate, the US has also become the biggest market for Bordeaux white ...

The word of the wine: Pedicel

Small stalk.