The Chateau Surain of Bordeaux Supérieur of Bordeaux

Chateau Surain
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 40 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux Supérieur in the region of Bordeaux
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The Chateau Surain is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Surain wines

Looking for the best Chateau Surain wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Surain 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 Chateau Surain wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Chateau Surain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Surain

How Chateau Surain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, stuffed veal breast or wild rabbit with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Surain

On the nose the red wine of Chateau Surain. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or pepper and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Chateau Surain. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Surain

  • 2018With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Surain.

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur

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.

The top pink wines of Chateau Surain

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Chateau Surain

How Chateau Surain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef bourguignon with tomato, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or moroccan kefta balls.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Chateau Surain.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.

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Discover the grape variety: Gouget noir

This grape variety was cultivated in the Montluçonnaise region (Allier) since the origin of the vineyards in this region. For a long time it was confused with Gougean de l'Allier, but genetic analyses show that it comes from a mutation of Gouais blanc, also called Gouget blanc. Gouget noir is practically on the verge of extinction, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. It was therefore very well known in the wine-growing centre of France but totally absent from other French regions and abroad.

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