The Château Fontbaude of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Fontbaude
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1920 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Fontbaude is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fontbaude wines

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

The top pink wines of Château Fontbaude

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Fontbaude

How Château Fontbaude wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, ollada (catalonia) or venison leg with tomato sauce.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Fontbaude

  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Fontbaude.

  • 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. .

The top red wines of Château Fontbaude

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fontbaude

How Château Fontbaude wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, paupiettes à la mérignicaise or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fontbaude

On the nose the red wine of Château Fontbaude. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fontbaude. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fontbaude

  • 2014With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

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.

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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 Fontbaude.

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.

News about Château Fontbaude and wines from the region

Cheval Blanc 2021 released en primeur: ‘an obvious buy’

Cheval Blanc 2021 was released en primeur this morning (19 May) at €390 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up by around 3% on the 202o-vintage opening price last year. Liv-ex said the new release was still cheaper on the market than the well-regarded vintage trio of 2018, 2019 and 2020. UK merchants offered the 2021 wine at £4,740 (12x75cl in bond), it said. It marks another relatively early release for Cheval Blanc, with this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign just getting started. Cheval Blanc 202 ...

AXA Millésime appoints new technical director of Pichon Baron

Montégut, who is already technical director of the Premier Cru Classé estate Château Suduiraut in Sauternes, will replace Jean-René Matignon who last year announced his intention to step down after more than 30 years in the role. He will formally take on his new responsibilities from the end of April when Matignon retires. Having worked together with Montégut since his arrival at Suduiraut in 2004, Christian Seely, MD of owner AXA Millésimes, said that during this time, Montégut had been respons ...

Torres honours the winners of the 6th Torres & Earth Awards

The awards were created to recognise those from various sectors who have worked to reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainability. This year’s winners were: viticulturist Tomàs Peig from the Terra Alta region, French glass maker Verallia, Córdoba-based transport company Juan Ruiz, the town of Caldes de Montbui in the Barcelona province, and Spanish environmental journalist José Luis Gallego. The five individuals and entities that were awarded represent a broad range of initiatives in line with ...

The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.