The Château Lestage Chevillon of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Lestage Chevillon - Médoc
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 562 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lestage Chevillon is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lestage Chevillon wines

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

The top red wines of Château Lestage Chevillon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lestage Chevillon

How Château Lestage Chevillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lestage Chevillon

On the nose the red wine of Château Lestage Chevillon. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black cherries or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lestage Chevillon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lestage Chevillon

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Lestage Chevillon.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

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: 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 Lestage Chevillon and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: Tannic

Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.