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 millet with gruyere cheese, 7 o'clock leg of lamb or duck legs with honey.

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

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

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 cabbage casserole, ham and comté quiche or roast chicken and potatoes.

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
  • 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: 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 Tour de Calens

Planning a wine route in the of Graves? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Tour de Calens.

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 Tour de Calens and wines from the region

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Clavelin

Typical bottle of the yellow wines of the Jura with a squat shape and a capacity of 62 cl.