The Château Durfort-Vivens of Margaux of Bordeaux

Château Durfort-Vivens
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Lurton, Gonzague & Claire.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Margaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Durfort-Vivens is one of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Margaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Durfort-Vivens wines

Looking for the best Château Durfort-Vivens wines in Margaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Durfort-Vivens 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 Durfort-Vivens wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Durfort-Vivens

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Durfort-Vivens

How Château Durfort-Vivens wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, goat cheese and bacon quiche or breton galette with buckwheat flour.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Durfort-Vivens.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Margaux

The wine region of Margaux is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Margaux or the Château Palmer produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Margaux are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Margaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, bitter almond or pencil shavings and sometimes also flavors of dried rose, pencil lead or acacia.

In the mouth of Margaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 241 estates and châteaux in the of Margaux, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Margaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château Durfort-Vivens

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Durfort-Vivens

How Château Durfort-Vivens wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, caramelized lamb mice or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Durfort-Vivens

On the nose the red wine of Château Durfort-Vivens. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, prune or bing cherry and sometimes also flavors of anise, dark fruit or fig. In the mouth the red wine of Château Durfort-Vivens. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Durfort-Vivens

  • 1982With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1964With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Durfort-Vivens.

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

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Durfort-Vivens

Planning a wine route in the of Margaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Durfort-Vivens.

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 Château Durfort-Vivens and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Chair

Characteristic of a wine that gives an impression of fullness and density in the mouth, without any roughness.