The Château Rider Chenu Lafitte of Bordeaux

Château Rider Chenu Lafitte
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Grands Chais de France (Groupe GCF).
It is ranked in the top 6255 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Rider Chenu Lafitte is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Rider Chenu Lafitte wines

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

The top red wines of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte

How Château Rider Chenu Lafitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef strogonoff, chicken and sausage stew with carrots or rack of lamb with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte

On the nose the red wine of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte. is a with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte

  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Rider Chenu Lafitte.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

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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 Rider Chenu Lafitte and wines from the region

Domaines Henri Martin – the spirit of family and terroir

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 ...

US: Two men charged over wine investment fraud scheme

An alleged investment fraud scheme claimed to broker loans between investors and ‘high net worth’ fine wine collectors, with expensive bottles purportedly held in storage as collateral, US authorities said this week. Prosecutors filed an indictment in a New York federal court charging two British men, Stephen Burton, 57, and James Wellesley, 55, with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy in connection to the scheme – which was allegedly perpetrated through their compa ...

Fires near Bordeaux: Liber Pater vineyard evacuated

Police ordered the evacuation of more local residents in the Landiras area yesterday (Monday 18 July), with Liber Pater’s vineyard in Graves also evacuated as firefighters continued to try to contain a large forest fire that has been burning for the past week. A ‘fog’ of fire smoke behind Liber Pater vines on Tuesday morning (19 July), said owner Loïc Pasquet, who was briefly able to return to the site. Smoke hasn’t been a problem so far, he said. Credit: Loïc Pasquet. ‘The pol ...

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.