The Château Barateau of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Barateau
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 85 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Barateau is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Barateau wines

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

The top red wines of Château Barateau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Barateau

How Château Barateau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti with beef balls, moroccan style leg of lamb or ramen (noodle) soup.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Barateau

On the nose the red wine of Château Barateau. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, forest floor or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Château Barateau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Barateau

  • 2001With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1999With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.77/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

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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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

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