The Château Thénac of Guyenne of South West

Château Thénac
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 26 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West
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The Château Thénac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Thénac wines

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

The top white wines of Château Thénac

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Thénac

How Château Thénac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of tunisian sandwich, cuttlefish in sauce or pancakes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Thénac

On the nose the white wine of Château Thénac. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or floral.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Thénac

  • 2009With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Thénac.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

Atlantic IGP of the Southwest across 5 departments (Gironde, Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Bordeaux varieties as signatures. Merlot in red: supple and accessible with signature notes of plum, ripe cherry, light cocoa and a herbaceous touch, round tannins and fruity palate — affordable alternative to Bordeaux AOCs. Peppery Cabernet Franc, firm Cabernet Sauvignon, dense Côt.

Whites lively Sauvignon, ample Sémillon, straight Ugni Blanc.

The top red wines of Château Thénac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Thénac

How Château Thénac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, bitumen leg of lamb or rabbit italian style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Thénac

On the nose the red wine of Château Thénac. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, red fruit or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of coffee, black fruits or chocolate.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Thénac

  • 2011With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.55/5

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.

The top sweet wines of Château Thénac

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Thénac

How Château Thénac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of pasta with zucchini sauce, grandma's cherry clafoutis or butternut pie.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Thénac.

  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

The word of the wine: Faded

Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.

The top pink wines of Château Thénac

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Thénac

How Château Thénac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with rosemary and barbecue, christmas boots in knacki or baked fish fillets with vegetables.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Thénac

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

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.