The Château les Rives de Gravelongue of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château les Rives de Gravelongue
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2663 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château les Rives de Gravelongue is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château les Rives de Gravelongue wines

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

The top red wines of Château les Rives de Gravelongue

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château les Rives de Gravelongue

How Château les Rives de Gravelongue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, lamb tagine with figs or stuffed duck or goose neck.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château les Rives de Gravelongue.

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

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.

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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 les Rives de Gravelongue and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Sweet

Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.