The Château Maine Chaigneau of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Maine Chaigneau
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1343 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Maine Chaigneau is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Maine Chaigneau wines

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

The top red wines of Château Maine Chaigneau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Maine Chaigneau

How Château Maine Chaigneau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of autumn beef bourguignon, mouse of lamb with thyme or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Maine Chaigneau

In the mouth the red wine of Château Maine Chaigneau. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Maine Chaigneau

  • 2014With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Maine Chaigneau.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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. .

The top pink wines of Château Maine Chaigneau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Maine Chaigneau

How Château Maine Chaigneau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Maine Chaigneau

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 Maine Chaigneau.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Château Maine Chaigneau and wines from the region

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Mâcon

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on Mâcon wines! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​ Find ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Distinguished

Said of a fine, elegant wine that is outstanding in its category.