The Château Chenu-Lafitte of Bordeaux

Château Chenu-Lafitte - Bordeaux
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 4446 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Chenu-Lafitte is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Chenu-Lafitte wines

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

The top red wines of Château Chenu-Lafitte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Chenu-Lafitte

How Château Chenu-Lafitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, mouse of lamb with thyme or watercress salad with vitamins.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Chenu-Lafitte

On the nose the red wine of Château Chenu-Lafitte. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Chenu-Lafitte

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2005With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Chenu-Lafitte.

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

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Chenu-Lafitte

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

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 Chenu-Lafitte and wines from the region

My life and job as a personal wine consultant

Tongue firmly in cheek, I sometimes define ‘wine consultant’ as ‘someone lacking employment who will work for whoever pays them’. Although meant in jest, the implied question is valid: just what does a wine consultant do? More importantly, in this age, when every assistant in a retail shop styles him- or herself a sales consultant, who would hire one? The short answer is this: a wine consultant is someone who advises wine lovers about their passion. He or she advises buyers on what to buy (and a ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2022

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Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

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The word of the wine: Vinosity

When tasting a red wine, a pleasant sensation on the palate with a fruity and sappy character in harmony with a caressing and persistent presence of tannins.