The Château le Clou of South West

Château le Clou
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2393 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Château le Clou is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Clou wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château le Clou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château le Clou

How Château le Clou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of avocado and marinated tuna poke bowl, shrimp marinade or homemade cookies.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château le Clou

  • 2009With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

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 le Clou

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château le Clou

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

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.

The top pink wines of Château le Clou

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château le Clou

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

The word of the wine: Spicy

Said of a wine whose taste and aromas are reminiscent of spices.

The top red wines of Château le Clou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château le Clou

How Château le Clou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef bourguignon with tomato, pizza with peppers and spicy chicken or snail and comté pie.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Clou

  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Malbec

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.

The top white wines of Château le Clou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château le Clou

How Château le Clou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pasta with tuna and laughing cow, chicken tagine with apricots and almonds or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château le Clou

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: VQPRD

Quality wine produced in a specific region. European designation that groups together appellation wines, i.e., in France, AOC and VDQS.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Clou

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 le Clou.

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.

News about Château le Clou and wines from the region

Record sales for Burgundy’s Hospices de Nuits 2022 auction

Total sales at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2022 auction reached €2.49m ($2.74m) from 109 ‘pièces‘ of wines from the Burgundy 2021 vintage, said organisers. Held on Sunday 20 March, sales rose by nearly 30% on last year’s auction, which hit €1.9m from 114 pièces of 2020-vintage wines. One pièce is equivalent to 288 bottles. Sales were €1.6m back in 2020, and this year’s record total is more evidence of Burgundy’s strong momentum on the fine wine market. It also suggests the annua ...

Cheval Blanc 2021 released en primeur: ‘an obvious buy’

Cheval Blanc 2021 was released en primeur this morning (19 May) at €390 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up by around 3% on the 202o-vintage opening price last year. Liv-ex said the new release was still cheaper on the market than the well-regarded vintage trio of 2018, 2019 and 2020. UK merchants offered the 2021 wine at £4,740 (12x75cl in bond), it said. It marks another relatively early release for Cheval Blanc, with this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign just getting started. Cheval Blanc 202 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Spicy

Said of a wine whose taste and aromas are reminiscent of spices.