The Château Le Crock of Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

Château Le Crock
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Cuvelier Family.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Estèphe in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Le Crock is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Estèphe to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Le Crock wines

Looking for the best Château Le Crock wines in Saint-Estèphe among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Le Crock 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 Crock wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Le Crock

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Le Crock

How Château Le Crock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of borscht (russia), eggplant, lamb and goat lasagna or roast deer my grandmother's way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Le Crock

On the nose the red wine of Château Le Crock. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cocoa or crushed rock and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, forest floor or strawberries. In the mouth the red wine of Château Le Crock. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Le Crock

  • 1989With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Estèphe

The wine region of Saint-Estèphe is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cos d'Estournel or the Château Montrose produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Estèphe are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Estèphe often reveals types of flavors of iron, sandalwood or banana and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried herbs or star anise.

In the mouth of Saint-Estèphe is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 199 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Estèphe, producing 306 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Estèphe go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Le Crock

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Le Crock and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

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For the first time ever, Decanter is offering readers and wine lovers alike the chance to see behind the scenes of our renowned panel tastings and experience first hand what it means to taste like an expert. Decanter’s panel tastings are one of the most rigorous exercises in blind tasting, where a panel of three experts taste and score up to 100 wines a day, based on criteria set by the Decanter editorial team. We’re delighted to announced that this autumn will see the start of our n ...

The word of the wine: Roussette

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