The Château Ripeau of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Ripeau
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 259 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Ripeau is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Ripeau wines

Looking for the best Château Ripeau wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Ripeau 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 Ripeau wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Ripeau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Ripeau

How Château Ripeau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or duck leg confit in white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Ripeau

On the nose the red wine of Château Ripeau. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, dark chocolate or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, microbio or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Ripeau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Ripeau

  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.05/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Ripeau

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Ripeau.

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 Ripeau and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Andrew Jefford: ‘Drinking cheap wine need not be a cheap experience’

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The word of the wine: Body

Character of a wine combining a good constitution (structure and flesh) with warmth.