The Château Haut-Colombier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Haut-Colombier wines in Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Haut-Colombier 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 Haut-Colombier wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Haut-Colombier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, italian veal roulade or duck legs with honey and orange.
On the nose the red wine of Château Haut-Colombier. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, strawberries or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut-Colombier. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Right bank of the Gironde facing the Médoc (45 km north of Bordeaux) on hills overlooking the estuary: signature Merlot reigns in reds (~85%) — round and fruity with ripe plum, black cherry, blackberry, red fruits and a spicy touch, coated tannins and aromatic breadth. Structured Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec complement. Ageing 5-15 years. Some dry Sauvignon-Sémillon whites.
AOC (2009), clay-limestone and gravel soils, oceanic climate tempered by the Gironde.
How Château Haut-Colombier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of sausages with kale, salmon and goat cheese quiche or chicken liver cake.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
How Château Haut-Colombier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, lamb mouse with figs and grapes or rabbit legs with fresh cream.
Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.
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Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.
