The Château Fantou is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Fantou wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fantou 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 Fantou wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Fantou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, duck breast with apples or lamb tagine with prunes and almonds.
On the nose the red wine of Château Fantou. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black cherries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of eucalyptus, flint or grass. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fantou. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Historic cradle of Malbec, the "black wine" of South-West France: signature Côt (≥70%) reigns in reds — dark-hued with black fruit (blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry), plum, violet and a liquorice touch, cedar and cocoa on ageing, structured tannins and great cellaring aptitude. Supple Merlot softens, dense Tannat optional. AOC (1971), ~4,000 ha across three alluvial terraces of the Lot and limestone causses, Aquitaine-southern climate, ageing 8-15 years.
How Château Fantou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, mahi mahi curry with coconut milk or parsnip mousse in a glass jar.
Opulent, heady whites, rich and silky, with intense aromas of apricot, yellow peach, mango, violet, honeysuckle and musky, honeyed notes. Discreet acidity, creamy finish. Star of Condrieu AOC and Château-Grillet AOC, co-vinified in Côte-Rôtie with Syrah (up to 20%). Widely exported to California (Central Coast), Australia (Eden Valley) and Languedoc. A Rhône variety.
How Château Fantou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, quiche without eggs or croque madame.
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
Planning a wine route in the of Cahors? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fantou.
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
