The Château le Pey of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château le Pey
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Famille Compagnet.
It is ranked in the top 64 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château le Pey is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Pey wines

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

The top red wines of Château le Pey

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

How Château le Pey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of provencal stew, languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or rabbit provencale (mario style).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château le Pey

On the nose the red wine of Château le Pey. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château le Pey. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Pey

  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

The top white wines of Château le Pey

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

How Château le Pey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of kig ha farz (breton stew), goat cheese and bacon quiche or chicken with green olives.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château le Pey

On the nose the white wine of Château le Pey. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or butter and sometimes also flavors of minerality, gooseberry or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Château le Pey. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château le Pey

  • 2018With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Pey

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

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château le Pey and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chaintré

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chaintré, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Bracket

Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.