The Château Graves de Garraud of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Graves de Garraud - Lalande De Pomerol
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 3190 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Graves de Garraud is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Graves de Garraud wines

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

The top red wines of Château Graves de Garraud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Graves de Garraud

How Château Graves de Garraud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, leg of lamb in braillouse or duck breast with goat cheese and local ham.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Graves de Garraud

In the mouth the red wine of Château Graves de Garraud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Graves de Garraud.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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. .

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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 Château Graves de Garraud and wines from the region

Château La Gaffelière withdraws from the next St-Emilion classification

The historic estate follows in the footsteps of Châteaux Angélus, Cheval Blanc and Ausone by withdrawing its candidacy from the upcoming classification. The Malet-Roquefort family, which has owned Château La Gaffelière for more than 300 years, said it ‘no longer recognises its values’ in the new criteria. The Malet-Roqueforts claimed that the overhauled rating system for the tasting ‘contradicts all the ratings obtained by Château La Gaffelière for several years by the greatest wine professional ...

Aldo Fiordelli: ‘The east-facing vineyard absorbs the morning’s first sunlight’

I’m fortunate enough to taste a fair amount of fine wine each year and I have come to the conclusion that each of us is forced to build our own stylistic preferences, regardless of the appellation or classification of a wine. Instead of simply choosing a bottle of Bordeaux over Barolo, for example, most of us probably aim to drink each on the right occasion and, in doing so, carve out our individual preferences for these wines. My personal bias – which I must confess, to be fair and transp ...

Investing in California wine: slow but steady gains

There has been buyer and trade enthusiasm for California’s 2018-vintage releases, yet there is still a sense of the region finding its way on the international fine wine market. Releases of top Cabernet Sauvignon and ‘Bordeaux blend’ wines from the 2018 vintage have added some spark to the California sector of the market this year. ‘We’re seeing much stronger demand for blue-chip 2018s than we did for the 2017s,’ said Ryan Woodhouse, domestic wine buyer for K&L Wine Merchants in the US. Scar ...

The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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