The Château Yon Lavallade of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Yon Lavallade - Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Barton & Guestier.
It is ranked in the top 801 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Yon Lavallade is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Yon Lavallade wines

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

The top red wines of Château Yon Lavallade

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Yon Lavallade

How Château Yon Lavallade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, leg or shoulder of lamb with honey and thyme or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Yon Lavallade

On the nose the red wine of Château Yon Lavallade. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Yon Lavallade. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Yon Lavallade

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Philippe de Rothschild or the Château Le Chatelet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, savory or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of bramble, raisin or sour cherry.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 645 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion, producing 833 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Yon Lavallade

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

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Yon Lavallade and wines from the region

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 ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).