The Château Côtes de Caillou of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Côtes de Caillou - Côtes De Castillon
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 3719 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Côtes de Caillou is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Côtes de Caillou wines

Looking for the best Château Côtes de Caillou wines in Libournais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Côtes de Caillou 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 Côtes de Caillou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Côtes de Caillou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Côtes de Caillou

How Château Côtes de Caillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, express couscous in a pressure cooker or special' tagliatelle carbonara.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Côtes de Caillou

  • 2005With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Côtes de Caillou.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

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Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Côtes de Caillou.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Côtes de Caillou and wines from the region

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

St-Emilion council defends classification after Angélus withdrawal

Château Angélus’ announcement that it is withdrawing from the process to create the 2022 St-Emilion Classification has sent shockwaves through the region and raised questions about the ranking’s future form.  With Châteaux Ausone and Cheval Blanc having announced their withdrawal last year, three of the top-ranking ‘Premier Grand Cru Classé A’ estates from the last edition of the St-Emilion Classification in 2012 will not be candidates for the revised ranking, due this ye ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

The word of the wine: Nouaison

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine following flowering and corresponding to the formation of the grape berry.

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