Château VillefrancheChâteau Baulac - Bordeaux
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Château Baulac - Bordeaux
Pairings that work perfectly with Château Baulac - Bordeaux
Original food and wine pairings with Château Baulac - Bordeaux
The Château Baulac - Bordeaux of Château Villefranche matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, veal saltimbocca or salmon and goat cheese quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château Villefranche's Château Baulac - Bordeaux.
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.
Informations about the Château Villefranche
The Château Villefranche is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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