The Château Cafol of Bordeaux

Château Cafol
The winery offers 14 different wines
3.6
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1510 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Cafol is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Cafol wines

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

The top pink wines of Château Cafol

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Cafol

How Château Cafol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of cantonese rice, quiche lorraine or turkey cutlets with feta and cherry tomatoes.

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.

The top red wines of Château Cafol

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Cafol

How Château Cafol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef curry, braised veal heart with carrots or duck sleeves in cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Cafol

On the nose the red wine of Château Cafol. often reveals types of flavors of oak, plum or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of black currant, honey or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Cafol. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Cafol

  • 2007With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.63/5

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Cafol

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 Cafol.

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 Cafol and wines from the region

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The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). 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 t ...

What style should one expect from a good Chablis by Debra MEIBURG

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The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.