The Château Malardeau of Côtes de Duras of South West

Château Malardeau - Cuvée Prestige Côtes de Duras
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Côtes de Duras in the region of South West

The Château Malardeau is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Côtes de Duras to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Malardeau wines

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

The top red wines of Château Malardeau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Malardeau

How Château Malardeau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb mice confit in port wine or daube niçoise.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Malardeau

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Duras

The wine region of Côtes de Duras is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mouthes le Bihan or the Domaine Mouthes le Bihan produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Duras are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Duras often reveals types of flavors of minerality, tropical or grass and sometimes also flavors of leather, tobacco or chocolate.

In the mouth of Côtes de Duras is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 121 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Duras, producing 346 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Duras go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Malardeau

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes de Duras? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Malardeau.

Discover the grape variety: Dureza

This grape variety is said to originate in the north of the Ardèche department, but we find it very similar to Duras from the Gaillac region (Tarn). D.N.A. analyses have shown that Syrah is related to Mondeuse Blanche (mother) and Dureza (father). Italian and Swiss researchers have also suggested that Dureza, which is now endangered, is a brother or sister of the Italian variety Teroldego and that Pinot Noir is a close relative. Dureza is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. - Synonym: duré or duret (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

News about Château Malardeau and wines from the region

Canada’s Okanagan Valley approves six new sub-appellations

Canada’s western province of British Columbia (BC), has approved six new sub-appellations for its most famous wine-growing region of Okanagan Valley. The Okanagan Valley is BC’s largest appellation – called Geographical Indications (GIs) in Canada. And from a standing start in 2015, it now has 11 sub-GIs following the recent ratification. The six new sub-GIs are: Summerland Valleys, Summerland Lakefront, Summerland Bench, East Kelowna Slopes, South Kelowna Slopes and Lake Country. They are now l ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

The word of the wine: Hard

A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.