The Château Fages of South West

Château Fages - La Bête Noire Malbec
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 880 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Château Fages is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fages wines

Looking for the best Château Fages wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fages 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 Fages wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Fages

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fages

How Château Fages wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez) or baked chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fages

On the nose the red wine of Château Fages. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tobacco or plum and sometimes also flavors of leather, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fages. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fages

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Fages.

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fages

Planning a wine route in the of South West? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fages.

Discover the grape variety: Précoce de Malingre

Precoce de Malingre white is a grape variety that originated in France (Ile de France). 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 bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. The Precoce de Malingre white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Fages and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Roast (taste of)

Characteristic taste of wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea.