The Château Haut Lartenac of Bordeaux Supérieur of Bordeaux

Château Haut Lartenac
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 314 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux Supérieur in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Haut Lartenac is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux Supérieur.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut Lartenac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut Lartenac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Haut Lartenac

How Château Haut Lartenac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, porcini sauce or mymy's golden apples (squash).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut Lartenac

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut Lartenac. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut Lartenac

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Goron de Bovernier

Its origin is most certainly Valdôtaine (Italy), still cultivated in the Entremont Valley in the Swiss Valais and totally unknown in other countries. It is the result of a natural cross between a still unknown or even extinct variety and the Cornalin du Valais or rouge du pays. It is the grandson of the humagne rouge or petit rouge and would also have genetic links with the rèze and the chasselas. The Goron de Bovernier is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list B.

News about Château Haut Lartenac and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Racé

Character of a great wine remarkable for its elegance and finesse.