The Château La Tuilerie of Graves of Bordeaux

Château La Tuilerie
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Château d'Ardennes.
It is ranked in the top 421 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Tuilerie is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tuilerie wines

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

The top white wines of Château La Tuilerie

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

How Château La Tuilerie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of penne with smoked salmon and crème fraiche, marinated mussels with parsley or traditional pastry flan.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château La Tuilerie

On the nose the white wine of Château La Tuilerie. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, pear or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Tuilerie

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top red wines of Château La Tuilerie

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

How Château La Tuilerie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lamb keftas or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tuilerie

On the nose the red wine of Château La Tuilerie. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tuilerie. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tuilerie

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Tuilerie

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

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.

News about Château La Tuilerie and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: April 2022

Inside the April 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: South American Bordeaux blends: my top 20 Winemaking tradition informs many of South America’s top-flight reds, says Alejandro Iglesias Bordeaux 2019 in bottle Reappraising this excellent vintage, with Georgie Hindle’s selection of 27 top wines Vintage preview: southern Rhône 2020 Matt Walls’ regional round-up and pick of 40 standout wines from another hot but successful vintage South African Sauvignon Blanc: 10 top winemakers Malu Lam ...

Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...

Reaction as Mouton and Margaux 2021 released en primeur

Both Mouton and Margaux 2021 were released en primeur at €420 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, down 2.8% on the 2020-vintage debut last year, according to Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. While the market dynamics vary between these two First Growths, their 2021 grands vins were being sold en primeur as the cheapest of the last four vintages – below current prices on 2018, 2019 and 2020. Merchants were offering Mouton 2021 and Margaux 2021 at £5,100 (12x75cl in bond). Initial signs suggested t ...

The word of the wine: Oxidative (breeding)

A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.