The Winery Clos Candelayres of Fronsac of Bordeaux

Winery Clos Candelayres - Fronsac
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 86 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Fronsac in the region of Bordeaux
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The Winery Clos Candelayres is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Fronsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos Candelayres wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos Candelayres wines in Fronsac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos Candelayres 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 Clos Candelayres wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Clos Candelayres

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clos Candelayres

How Winery Clos Candelayres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or leg of wild boar.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos Candelayres

  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clos Candelayres.

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Fronsac

The wine region of Fronsac is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Fontaine-Saint-Cric or the Château Haut-Carles produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fronsac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fronsac often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, dried fruit or black plum and sometimes also flavors of dried herbs, chalk or sweet tobacco.

In the mouth of Fronsac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 162 estates and châteaux in the of Fronsac, producing 272 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fronsac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Villard

Villard blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. The white Villard can be found in several vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Clos Candelayres and wines from the region

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Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

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The word of the wine: Frank

Said of a wine that is open and delivers itself immediately, and whose clarity excludes any defect.

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