The Winery Croix d'Albret of Bordeaux

Winery Croix d'Albret
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Terre de Vignerons.
It is ranked in the top 5849 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux
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The Winery Croix d'Albret is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Croix d'Albret wines

Looking for the best Winery Croix d'Albret wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Croix d'Albret 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 Croix d'Albret wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Croix d'Albret

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Croix d'Albret

How Winery Croix d'Albret wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, osso buco with mushrooms or pheasant casserole with cabbage.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Croix d'Albret

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Croix d'Albret. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Croix d'Albret

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Croix d'Albret.

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

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

The top pink wines of Winery Croix d'Albret

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Croix d'Albret

How Winery Croix d'Albret wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, lamb kebab or soft and inexpensive pasta gratin.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Croix d'Albret.

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

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Croix d'Albret and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Anthocyanins

Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.

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