The Château Saint-Ahon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Saint-Ahon wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Saint-Ahon 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 Saint-Ahon wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Saint-Ahon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes or rabbit with cider and prunes.
On the nose the red wine of Château Saint-Ahon. often reveals types of flavors of oak, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Saint-Ahon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).
5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.
How Château Saint-Ahon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or simple pork roast.
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
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Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
