Château Croix de LabordeCru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc
Pairings that work perfectly with Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc
Original food and wine pairings with Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc
The Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc of Château Croix de Laborde matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or rabbit terrine in the style of a grandmother (pas de calais).
Details and technical informations about Château Croix de Laborde's Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Médoc.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Informations about the Château Croix de Laborde
The Château Croix de Laborde is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Listrac-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Listrac-Médoc
Communal AOC of the Médoc (peninsula, Quaternary gravel ridges): Cabernet Sauvignon (power, structure) with Merlot (fruit, roundness), Petit Verdot (spices, colour) and Cabernet Franc (finesse) — structured profile of black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry), spicy and oaky notes, structured tannins and long ageing. Pyrenean-Massif Central erosion gravels on Landes sands, draining limestone and clays.
The wine region of Bordeaux
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
The word of the wine: Garrigue
Notes reminiscent of aromatic Mediterranean herbs such as thyme or rosemary, found in many southern wines.
