The Château Saint-Sernin of Cahors of South West

Château Saint-Sernin - Cahors Rouge
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 113 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Château Saint-Sernin is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Saint-Sernin wines

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

The top red wines of Château Saint-Sernin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Saint-Sernin

How Château Saint-Sernin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, rabbit and mushroom gibelotte or rib steak, tomato sauce, peppers..

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Saint-Sernin

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Saint-Sernin

  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.69/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Saint-Sernin.

  • Malbec
  • Segalin
  • Merlot
  • Tannat

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top sweet wines of Château Saint-Sernin

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Saint-Sernin

How Château Saint-Sernin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Saint-Sernin.

  • Petit Manseng

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top white wines of Château Saint-Sernin

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Saint-Sernin

How Château Saint-Sernin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork roulades with cream and mushrooms, parillade of fish and seafood or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Saint-Sernin.

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Honest

A simple and pleasant wine, without any great quality and without any defects.

The top pink wines of Château Saint-Sernin

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Saint-Sernin

How Château Saint-Sernin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, daube niçoise or pasta gratin with comté cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Saint-Sernin.

  • Malbec

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Saint-Sernin

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

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

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.

News about Château Saint-Sernin 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 ...

Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

Higher growing season temperatures over the next 20 years are likely to further increase the UK’s potential for wine production, according to new modelling on ‘near-term’ climate change impact on the sector. Yet wineries also need flexibility to adapt to challenges, said the study, published in the Oeno One journal and part of a wider project on climate resilience in UK wine. Conditions seen in the excellent 2018 vintage are set to become more common in several areas, including East ...

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: Honest

A simple and pleasant wine, without any great quality and without any defects.