The Château Cherchy-Commarque of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Cherchy-Commarque
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1094 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Cherchy-Commarque is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Cherchy-Commarque wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château Cherchy-Commarque

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Cherchy-Commarque

How Château Cherchy-Commarque wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or chicken with blue cheese.

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 red wines of Château Cherchy-Commarque

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Cherchy-Commarque

How Château Cherchy-Commarque wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, tunisian haja or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Cherchy-Commarque.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top white wines of Château Cherchy-Commarque

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Cherchy-Commarque

How Château Cherchy-Commarque wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta carbonara almost like the real thing, quiche without pastry or ham and cheese cake.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Cherchy-Commarque.

  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Ampélographie

Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Cherchy-Commarque

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 Cherchy-Commarque.

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.

News about Château Cherchy-Commarque and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...

Fires near Bordeaux: Liber Pater vineyard evacuated

Police ordered the evacuation of more local residents in the Landiras area yesterday (Monday 18 July), with Liber Pater’s vineyard in Graves also evacuated as firefighters continued to try to contain a large forest fire that has been burning for the past week. A ‘fog’ of fire smoke behind Liber Pater vines on Tuesday morning (19 July), said owner Loïc Pasquet, who was briefly able to return to the site. Smoke hasn’t been a problem so far, he said. Credit: Loïc Pasquet. ‘The pol ...

The word of the wine: Ampélographie

Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.