The Château Villefranche is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Villefranche wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Villefranche 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 Villefranche wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Villefranche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, duck breast with pepper sauce or garbure landaise.
On the nose the red wine of Château Villefranche. often reveals types of flavors of smoke, earthy or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of coffee, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Villefranche. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château Villefranche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of wild rice salad with tuna, mussels carbonara or ultra-fast and yet so light....
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Villefranche. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or vanilla. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Villefranche. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
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.
How Château Villefranche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, marinated lamb chops or white cabbage with bacon.
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
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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.
