The Château Virecourt of Bordeaux

Château Virecourt
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 7140 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Virecourt is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Virecourt wines

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

The top red wines of Château Virecourt

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Virecourt

How Château Virecourt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, sauté of veal with the moulinex cookeo or whole duck casserole with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Virecourt

On the nose the red wine of Château Virecourt. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, cherry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Virecourt. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Virecourt

  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.49/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.

The top pink wines of Château Virecourt

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Virecourt

How Château Virecourt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf en daube or duck breast and roasted peaches.

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

  • Merlot

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.

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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.