The Château Croix du Trale of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Croix du Trale
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 231 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Croix du Trale is one of the best wineries to follow in Haut-Médoc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Croix du Trale wines

Looking for the best Château Croix du Trale wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Croix du Trale 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 Croix du Trale wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Croix du Trale

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Croix du Trale

How Château Croix du Trale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or baked duck legs with potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Croix du Trale

On the nose the red wine of Château Croix du Trale. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black fruits or black currant and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Croix du Trale. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Croix du Trale

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Croix du Trale.

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

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).

5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.

The top pink wines of Château Croix du Trale

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Croix du Trale

How Château Croix du Trale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, irish stew or carry camaron (gambas) from reunion.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Croix du Trale.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.

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Discover the grape variety: Carmenère

Velvety, deep reds with a dark robe and round tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, plum, ripe red pepper, dark chocolate, coffee and gentle spice. Warm, supple finish. Absolute star of Chile (Colchagua, Cachapoal, Maipo) where it was rediscovered in 1994, long confused with Merlot. A historic Bordeaux variety that nearly vanished after phylloxera, a cross of Cabernet Franc × Gros Cabernet.

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