The Château Le Vieux Pressoir of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Le Vieux Pressoir - Réserve du Château Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1170 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Le Vieux Pressoir is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Le Vieux Pressoir wines

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

The top red wines of Château Le Vieux Pressoir

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Le Vieux Pressoir

How Château Le Vieux Pressoir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beer goulash, baekenofe (alsatian meat stew) or rabbit with onions and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Le Vieux Pressoir

On the nose the red wine of Château Le Vieux Pressoir. often reveals types of flavors of plum, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Le Vieux Pressoir

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Le Vieux Pressoir

Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Le Vieux Pressoir.

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 Vieux Pressoir and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2021 en primeur campaign delivered ‘predictable chaos’ and ‘pitiful revenues’

Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales decreased significantly compared to the previous year, with volume and value sales down by as much as 60% in a few cases. In some instances, sales of usually bankable wines crashed to almost zero, according to the merchants that Liv-Ex polled. ‘Yet again, many buyers and collectors have had to ask what purpose the time-consuming event serves when it delivers such pitiful revenue, and who precisely it is for when it offers little compelling value,’ said Liv- ...

Gérard Basset Foundation launches wine scholarships for victims of war

The Gérard Basset Foundation has partnered with Artémis Domaines to offer The Golden Vines Victims of Conflict Scholarships. Artémis Domaines is the owner of famed estates Château Latour (Bordeaux), Clos de Tart (Burgundy), Domaine d’Eugénie (Burgundy), Château Grillet (Rhône) and Eisele Vineyard (California). The scholarships will ‘support qualified wine industry professionals who are victims of war and geopolitical conflict’, said the group. Successful scholars will be offered six months of vi ...

Burgundy 2020 releases tap into ‘insatiable’ global demand

Liv-ex said the trade ‘is reporting strong sales’ of Burgundy 2020 wines following the first en primeur releases in recent weeks, despite higher prices. Decanter’s Charles Curtis MW rated Côte d’Or reds and whites highly in his Burgundy 2020 overview, published earlier this month. Liv-ex’s new Burgundy report also suggested that getting hold of some wines has become even more difficult. ‘The trade continues to report an insatiable global buying appetite that has led to reduced alloca ...

The word of the wine: Petiole

Stem of the leaf, connecting the leaf blade to the stem.