The Château le Pey of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château le Pey - Cuvée Prestige Médoc
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 wild boar stew in burgundy style, ramadan berber soup (harira) or leg of wild boar.

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

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 roast pork in the oven, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or spicy crispy chicken.

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

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

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: 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 Pey and wines from the region

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

Group of Bordeaux vignerons launches Pirate wine union

The project began life in 2019 as a Facebook group, created by Graves-based winemaker Jean-Baptiste Duquesne of Château Cazebonne. The positive reactions from both the public and fellow winemakers that followed prompted the group to pursue official recognition. ‘The idea started with me and with my friend Laurent David of Château Edmus in St-Emilion. He gave me the idea of the name “pirate”,’ Duquesne told Decanter. ‘So in December 2019, I created a Facebook group called Bordeaux Pirate to show ...

The word of the wine: Cornalin

Black grape variety native to the Valais (Switzerland). It produces renowned wines of a dark purple colour with violet hues, an elegant bouquet and a powerful, fresh, fruity (cherry) and spicy palate. Cornalin wines can be drunk young or after several years of ageing, with game.