The Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire of Montagne-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 94 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Montagne-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire

How Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with dark beer, simple veal sauté or duck pot au feu.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire

On the nose the red wine of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of bay leaf, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Comtesse Saint-Hilaire.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château La Fauconnerie or the Château l'Art de Maison Neuve produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montagne-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, bramble or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of mint, stone or raisin.

In the mouth of Montagne-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 351 estates and châteaux in the of Montagne-Saint-Émilion, producing 544 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Montagne-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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

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 Comtesse Saint-Hilaire and wines from the region

‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit

Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...

US: Two men charged over wine investment fraud scheme

An alleged investment fraud scheme claimed to broker loans between investors and ‘high net worth’ fine wine collectors, with expensive bottles purportedly held in storage as collateral, US authorities said this week. Prosecutors filed an indictment in a New York federal court charging two British men, Stephen Burton, 57, and James Wellesley, 55, with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy in connection to the scheme – which was allegedly perpetrated through their compa ...

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

The word of the wine: Trader-Handler

Champagne term for a merchant who buys grapes to make a Champagne wine himself.