The Winery Claude Sellan of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Winery Claude Sellan - Chateau Vieux Fortin Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 65 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Claude Sellan is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Claude Sellan wines

Looking for the best Winery Claude Sellan wines in Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Claude Sellan 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 Winery Claude Sellan wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Claude Sellan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Claude Sellan

How Winery Claude Sellan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of scottish haggis, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or rabbit sautéed hunter.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Claude Sellan

On the nose the red wine of Winery Claude Sellan. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Claude Sellan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Claude Sellan

  • 1999With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Claude Sellan.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Philippe de Rothschild or the Château Le Chatelet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, savory or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of bramble, raisin or sour cherry.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 645 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion, producing 833 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Claude Sellan

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Claude Sellan.

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.

News about Winery Claude Sellan and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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The word of the wine: Reserve wine (champagne)

Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.