The Winery Grande Courraye of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux

Winery Grande Courraye
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 71 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Grande Courraye is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Grande Courraye wines

Looking for the best Winery Grande Courraye wines in Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Grande Courraye 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 Winery Grande Courraye wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Grande Courraye

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Grande Courraye

How Winery Grande Courraye wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), sauté of veal with carrots or prime rib with chervil butter.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Grande Courraye

On the nose the red wine of Winery Grande Courraye. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruits or toasty and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Grande Courraye. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Grande Courraye

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Grande Courraye.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux

The wine region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de l'Aurage or the Château la Clariere Laithwaite produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, savory or espresso and sometimes also flavors of baking spice, cigar box or tar.

In the mouth of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 327 estates and châteaux in the of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux, producing 508 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Grande Courraye.

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 Winery Grande Courraye and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

The word of the wine: Old

This term can have several meanings, but generally refers to a wine that is several years old and has been aged in the bottle after having been in the barrel.

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