The Winery Despagne-Rapin of Montagne-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Winery Despagne-Rapin
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Montagne-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux
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The Winery Despagne-Rapin is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Montagne-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Despagne-Rapin wines

Looking for the best Winery Despagne-Rapin wines in Montagne-Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Despagne-Rapin 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 Despagne-Rapin wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin

How Winery Despagne-Rapin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., the secrets of croque-monsieur or rabbit with mustard in foil.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion

Largest satellite of Saint-Émilion on the Bordeaux right bank (1,507 ha, AOC 1936): rich, silky reds dominated by Merlot (~75%, ripe fruit, velvety texture) with spicy Cabernet Franc (~20%) and Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep ruby robe, a nose of red and black fruits, pepper, undergrowth and plum, a structured tannic finish evolving towards leather and tobacco. Clay-limestone and gravel soils on plateau and slopes, an accessible alternative to Saint-Émilion for the everyday cellar.

The top red wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin

How Winery Despagne-Rapin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with cider, lamb tagine with broad beans or deer jig.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

On the nose the red wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

  • 1985With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin.

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

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin

How Winery Despagne-Rapin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, sauté of pork with cider or duck parmentier with ceps.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Despagne-Rapin. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Despagne-Rapin.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)

It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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