The Château Laroque of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Laroque - Bordeaux
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 92 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Laroque is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Laroque wines

Looking for the best Château Laroque 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 Laroque 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 Laroque wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Laroque

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Laroque

How Château Laroque wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, calf's head with sauce ravigote or duck aiguillettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Laroque

On the nose the red wine of Château Laroque. often reveals types of flavors of iron, honey or microbio and sometimes also flavors of earth, non oak or gooseberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Laroque. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Laroque

  • 1990With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1974With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

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).

The top white wines of Château Laroque

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Laroque

How Château Laroque wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of stuffed potatoes, vegan leek and tofu quiche or chicken massala.

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

  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Laroque

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 Laroque.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château Laroque and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

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The word of the wine: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.