The Château Pierrail is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Pierrail wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Pierrail 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 Pierrail wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Pierrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of caramelized pork ribs, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or couscous chicken and merguez.
On the nose the white wine of Château Pierrail. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, vegetal or gooseberry and sometimes also flavors of tomatoes, vanilla or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Château Pierrail. is a powerful.
Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.
How Château Pierrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, mediterranean lamb necklace or rabbit legs with fresh cream.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Pierrail. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, citrus fruit or red fruit.
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
How Château Pierrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, veal paupiettes with forestry sauce or duck fillets with honey.
On the nose the red wine of Château Pierrail. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or raisin and sometimes also flavors of toasty, prune or dark fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Pierrail. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
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Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.
The story of Domaines Henri Martin is that of a family business founded on a shared commitment, across generations, to produce wines with character, true to the quality of the exceptional vineyards and the history of the iconic estates they hail from. Descending from a family rooted in the Médoc for more than 300 years, Henri Martin was well aware of the potential of some of the region’s finest parcels. Motivated by this belief and by a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he accomplished something q ...
BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...
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 ...
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
