The Château Gagnard of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Gagnard
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 3451 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

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

Top Château Gagnard wines

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

The top red wines of Château Gagnard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Gagnard

How Château Gagnard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, lamb roast with lavender or garbure with duck confit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Gagnard

  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc

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 Gagnard

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 Gagnard.

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 Gagnard and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Sulphites

Chemical compounds derived from sulphur (better known in the wine world as SO2) and used by winemakers for their antiseptic, antioxidant and antioxidant properties.