The Château Gueydon of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Gueydon
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 640 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Gueydon is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Gueydon wines

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

The top white wines of Château Gueydon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Gueydon

How Château Gueydon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or chicken blanquette.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Gueydon.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top red wines of Château Gueydon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Gueydon

How Château Gueydon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, lamb kleftiko (greek) or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Gueydon

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Gueydon

Planning a wine route in the of Graves? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Gueydon.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château Gueydon and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

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The appellations of Bourgogne

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The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)

Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.