The Château Latuc of Cahors of South West

Château Latuc - 3 Rubis
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château Latuc is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Latuc wines

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

The top red wines of Château Latuc

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Latuc

How Château Latuc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), boeuf en daube or obelix's boar leg in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Latuc

On the nose the red wine of Château Latuc. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, vanilla or non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Latuc

  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top white wines of Château Latuc

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Latuc

How Château Latuc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of lemon and tuna risotto, fish pot or express cherry clafoutis.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Latuc

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Sémillon
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

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.

The top pink wines of Château Latuc

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Latuc

How Château Latuc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise or fondue comtoise (very digestible).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Latuc.

  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Latuc

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

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 Latuc and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Preview: Tesco’s spring/summer tasting

Decanter attended Tesco’s spring/summer 2022 portfolio tasting at the end of April where over 140 wines were on show, 38 of which are new to the range. In anticipation of the full list of top buys, to follow soon, we’ve rounded up a few of our favourites to get you in the mood for spring. Tesco’s wine buying team highlighted 24 wines as their must-try buys, and five of these have featured in our initial spring roundup below. We think they showcase the diversity of the Tesco range and the value t ...

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).