The Château Rocbonnière of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux

Château Rocbonnière - Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Bourrigaud.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Rocbonnière wines

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

The top red wines of Château Rocbonnière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Rocbonnière

How Château Rocbonnière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, slow-cooked veal roast or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Rocbonnière

On the nose the red wine of Château Rocbonnière. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Rocbonnière. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Rocbonnière

  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux

The wine region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de l'Aurage or the Château la Clariere Laithwaite produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, savory or espresso and sometimes also flavors of baking spice, cigar box or tar.

In the mouth of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 327 estates and châteaux in the of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux, producing 508 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Rocbonnière

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

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 Rocbonnière and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Skinny

Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.

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