The Château Tour de Calens of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Tour de Calens
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Famille Doublet.
It is ranked in the top 202 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Tour de Calens is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Tour de Calens wines

Looking for the best Château Tour de Calens wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Tour de Calens 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 Tour de Calens wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Tour de Calens

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Tour de Calens

How Château Tour de Calens wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, lamb shoulder confit or duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Tour de Calens

On the nose the red wine of Château Tour de Calens. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or pepper and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, lemon or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Tour de Calens. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Tour de Calens

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Tour de Calens.

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

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Historic cradle of Bordeaux wine, left bank south of the city. Structured reds on siliceous gravel: firm cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon, velvety Merlot, perfumed Cabernet Franc, signature notes of black fruit, smoke, graphite and cigar box. Elegant dry whites blending Sauvignon (citrus, boxwood, freshness) and Sémillon (wax, honey, richness with ageing), among Bordeaux's longest-lived. Also sweet Graves Supérieures.

5,000 ha, 75% red. Pessac-Léognan split off in 1987.

The top white wines of Château Tour de Calens

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Tour de Calens

How Château Tour de Calens wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta "carbonara" à la française, nanie's diced ham quiche or lemongrass chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Tour de Calens

In the mouth the white wine of Château Tour de Calens. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Tour de Calens

  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Tour de Calens.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.