Winery GinestetBordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan from the Winery Ginestet
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan of Winery Ginestet in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan of Winery Ginestet in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan
The Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan of Winery Ginestet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with dark beer, veal paupiettes with white wine or aiguillettes of duck with paprika and pan-fried ceps.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ginestet's Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bordeaux Supérieur Château de Balan from Winery Ginestet are 2009, 2008, 2011
Informations about the Winery Ginestet
The Winery Ginestet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 235 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur
Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Crémant
AOC sparkling wine made by traditional method, with specific constraints in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Die, Jura, Limoux and the Loire Valley, as well as in Luxembourg.
