The Château Sigognac of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Sigognac
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 934 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Sigognac is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Sigognac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Sigognac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Sigognac

How Château Sigognac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, sauté of lamb or duck breast with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Sigognac

On the nose the red wine of Château Sigognac. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of licorice, black cherries or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Château Sigognac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Sigognac

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Sigognac and wines from the region

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

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Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

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The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.