The Château Les Essarts of Lussac-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Les Essarts - La Cholette du Château les Essarts Lussac-Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 126 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Lussac-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Les Essarts is one of the best wineries to follow in Lussac-Saint-Émilion.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Lussac-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Les Essarts wines

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

The top red wines of Château Les Essarts

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Les Essarts

How Château Les Essarts wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, canned cassoulet or duck with orange.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Les Essarts

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Les Essarts.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Roques or the Domaine Gérard Depardieu produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lussac-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, jam or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of violet, forest floor or aniseed.

In the mouth of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 288 estates and châteaux in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion, producing 425 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lussac-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Les Essarts

Planning a wine route in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Les Essarts.

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 Les Essarts and wines from the region

Fine wine market breaks records in 2021, says Liv-ex

Prices in the fine wine market have been increasing across all major regions in 2021, according to a new report by Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Its Liv-ex 1000 index, tracking some of the world’s most sought-after wines, rose by 2.4% in November to reach a new all-time high. The index, seen as an important bellwether for secondary market trading, has been rising consistently for about 18 months. ‘All previous records set in 2020 have been broken and surpassed in 2021, markin ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’

An electronic dart was tossed at us recently by Decanter reader Tim Frances from Kent. It landed on the screen of our magazine editor Amy Wislocki; Amy lobbed it across the virtual room to me, suggesting a column-length reply. ‘Here’s a poser,’ Tim began. ‘How do your experts grade a wine that they find intellectually well made, but that they truly madly deeply dislike? I’ve tasted wines I can admire dispassionately, but would stab my feet with forks rather than drink them. Must be a conundrum f ...

Penfolds doubles production capacity in France following Château Lanessan acquisition

The deal includes 390ha of land in the Haut-Médoc appellation, of which 80ha is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, along with the winery. It will allow TWE’s flagship brand, Penfolds, to increase its focus on creating blends featuring grapes from Bordeaux and Barossa. Earlier this year, chief winemaker Peter Gago unveiled Penfolds II, a Cabernet-Shiraz-Merlot blend created in partnership with Dourthe Bordeaux. The wine featured 71% grapes grown in Bordeaux and 29 ...

The word of the wine: Fumet

Older synonym for bouquet.