The Château Fort-Lignac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Fort-Lignac wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fort-Lignac 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 Fort-Lignac wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Fort-Lignac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, braised lamb with peppers or paella valenciana (without seafood).
On the nose the red wine of Château Fort-Lignac. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fort-Lignac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).
5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.
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Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
