The Château le Sablou of Guyenne of South West

Château le Sablou - Bergerac Merlot - Cabernet
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 467 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château le Sablou is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Sablou wines

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

The top red wines of Château le Sablou

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

How Château le Sablou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, lamb chops with honey and spices or aiguillettes of duck with paprika and pan-fried ceps.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Sablou

  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top white wines of Château le Sablou

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

How Château le Sablou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry, fish pot or magic cake cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château le Sablou

  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • 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.

The top sweet wines of Château le Sablou

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

How Château le Sablou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of skate wings with capers, soupions à la provençale or apple pie.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château le Sablou

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Aranean

The underside of a grape leaf blade covered with tiny hairs distributed in a web-like pattern.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Sablou

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

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 Sablou and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

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It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

The word of the wine: Aranean

The underside of a grape leaf blade covered with tiny hairs distributed in a web-like pattern.