The Winery Combastet of Libournais of Bordeaux

Winery Combastet - Bourgogne Passe-Tout-grains
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 3711 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Combastet is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Combastet wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Combastet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Combastet

How Winery Combastet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, lisbon veal sauté or rabbit with cream sauce anne's way.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Combastet

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Combastet

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Combastet and wines from the region

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it

Colin Hay, a professor of political economy with a special interest in the Place de Bordeaux, considers the different ways of approaching en primeur purchasing, ahead of this year’s 2021 campaign. Buying en primeur wines is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling in which the consumer purchases the wine typically in the early summer following the vintage even though it will not be bottled and delivered for a further 12-18 months. It is, in effect, a futures mark ...

Claude Taittinger: Obituary

Claude took over Champagne Taittinger, which was founded by his father Pierre Taittinger in 1932, in 1960 following the death of his brother, François. He served first as managing director and then president of the company until 2005. During his tenure, he grew Champagne Taittinger from a niche label into a brand with international scale. Moreover, as one of the pioneers of the broader Champagne category’s international success during the 20th century, Claude has been credited with taking France ...

The word of the wine: Roast

Specific character given by noble rot to sweet wines, which results in a candied taste and aroma.