The Château Mondazur of Pécharmant of South West

Château Mondazur - Les Argiles Bleues Pécharmant
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 12 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Pécharmant in the region of South West

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

Top Château Mondazur wines

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

The top red wines of Château Mondazur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Mondazur

How Château Mondazur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, endives with ham (improved) or rabbit on the barbecue.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Mondazur

  • 2015With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Pécharmant

The wine region of Pécharmant is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Tiregand or the Château Terre Vieille produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pécharmant are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pécharmant often reveals types of flavors of non oak, plum or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, black cherries or cedar.

In the mouth of Pécharmant is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 82 estates and châteaux in the of Pécharmant, producing 171 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pécharmant go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Mondazur

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

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 Mondazur and wines from the region

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun

It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

LVMH buys Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973. He turned it into one of California’s most prominent producers, famed for its flagship Insignia – a Bordeaux-style blend – and its pioneering use of Rhône varieties, which kick-started the ‘Rhône Rangers’ movement in the Golden State. The founder’ ...

The word of the wine: Primeur

Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.