The Winery Clos Laborie of Margaux of Bordeaux

Winery Clos Laborie
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 91 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Margaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Clos Laborie is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Margaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos Laborie wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Clos Laborie

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

How Winery Clos Laborie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, lebanese lamb meatball or potjevleesch.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clos Laborie

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos Laborie. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, black cherries or leather. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clos Laborie. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos Laborie

  • 2013With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Margaux

The wine region of Margaux is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Margaux or the Château Palmer produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Margaux are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Margaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, bitter almond or pencil shavings and sometimes also flavors of dried rose, pencil lead or acacia.

In the mouth of Margaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 241 estates and châteaux in the of Margaux, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Margaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Clos Laborie

Planning a wine route in the of Margaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Clos Laborie.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Clos Laborie and wines from the region

Château Lascombes in Bordeaux sold to Napa winery owner

Château Lascombes, the Margaux-based second growth in Bordeaux’s 1855 Classification, has become the first winery in Europe to be acquired by Lawrence Wine Estates, which already owns top Napa wineries Heitz Cellar, Burgess Cellars and Stony Hill. The group was established by the Lawrence family, led by US entrepreneur Gaylon Lawrence, alongside managing partner and Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr (MS). ‘We are honoured to become the new stewards of such a historical estate,’ said Lawren ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

‘Exceptional’ Lafleur 2021 released en primeur

Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...

The word of the wine: Ampélographie

Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.