The Château Lafitte of South West

Château Lafitte - Argile
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 221 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Château Lafitte is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lafitte wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château Lafitte

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Lafitte

How Château Lafitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, tuna provencal style or fish and shrimp curry.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Lafitte

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Lafitte. often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Lafitte

  • 2012With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.99/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Lafitte.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Gros Manseng
  • Manseng
  • Riesling
  • Jurancon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

The top sparkling wines of Château Lafitte

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Lafitte

How Château Lafitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lafitte

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

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Château Lafitte and wines from the region

Brad Pitt launches skincare range using ingredients from Rhône Valley vineyard

Le Domaine Skincare features a serum, a cream, a fluid cream and a cleansing emulsion, all of which are vegan and suitable for all skin types. The products are made from organic matter that was previously discarded after the grapes had been pressed. Le Domaine Skincare’s packaging also includes recyclable glass bottles and jars, and reusable stoppers made of oak cut from the scraps of the vineyard’s wine barrels. ‘It is about imitating nature’s organic cycles, its original beauty,’ said Pitt, wh ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

The word of the wine: Dish

Wine lacking tone and relief in the mouth.