The Château du Relais of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château du Relais
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 2956 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château du Relais is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château du Relais wines

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

The top red wines of Château du Relais

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château du Relais

How Château du Relais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, rack of lamb in a salt crust or duck with orange and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château du Relais

In the mouth the red wine of Château du Relais. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château du Relais

  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

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. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château du Relais

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 du Relais.

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 du Relais and wines from the region

Tribute paid to Franciacorta wine pioneer Franco Ziliani

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Decanter reveals Hall of Fame and Rising Star award winners for 2022

Rosa Kruger, a self-styled ‘farm manager’ who is a leading figure in world viticulture and has played a major role in the development of South Africa’s modern-day wine scene, has been announced as recipient of the Decanter Hall of Fame prize for 2022. She is also the first South African to join this exclusive group of wine world stars. This year marks the 39th edition of the award, previously known as Man or Woman of the Year and launched in 1984. Chris Maillard, Decanter’s Edi ...

What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas

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The word of the wine: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.