The Château Grand-Jean is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux Supérieur.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Grand-Jean wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Grand-Jean 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 Grand-Jean wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Grand-Jean wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of korean bibimbap, beef mironton or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.
On the nose the red wine of Château Grand-Jean. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, strawberries or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Château Grand-Jean. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.
How Château Grand-Jean wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of croque madame, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or chicken el diablo.
On the nose the white wine of Château Grand-Jean. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, peach or green apple and sometimes also flavors of pear, grass or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Château Grand-Jean. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
How Château Grand-Jean wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of cod rougail, garlic shrimp or pancakes.
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
How Château Grand-Jean wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef goulash, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or gloom and doom.
Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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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.
