The Château Les Croisille of Cahors of South West

Château Les Croisille - Calcaire Cahors Malbec
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Vignerons de Nature.
It is ranked in the top 10 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château Les Croisille is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Les Croisille wines

Looking for the best Château Les Croisille wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Les Croisille 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 Château Les Croisille wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Les Croisille

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Les Croisille

How Château Les Croisille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, lamb keftas or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Les Croisille

On the nose the red wine of Château Les Croisille. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of mushroom, cocoa or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Les Croisille. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Les Croisille

  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.85/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Les Croisille.

  • Malbec
  • Côt

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top white wines of Château Les Croisille

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Les Croisille

How Château Les Croisille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette, salmon with sorrel or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Les Croisille

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Les Croisille.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Les Croisille

Planning a wine route in the of Cahors? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Les Croisille.

Discover the grape variety: Côt

Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.

News about Château Les Croisille and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

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The word of the wine: Vine

Climbing shrubs with woody stems called shoots that produce grapes in clusters.

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