The Château Galès of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Galès
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 650 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Galès is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Galès wines

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

The top white wines of Château Galès

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Galès

How Château Galès wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chinchards with white wine and grapes, magic cake cheese quiche or roast chicken and potatoes.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top red wines of Château Galès

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Galès

How Château Galès wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, seven o'clock leg of lamb or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Galès

On the nose the red wine of Château Galès. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, green apple or lemon and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Galès

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Galès

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

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Galès and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Primeur (purchase in)

Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.