The Château Haut-Musset of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Haut-Musset
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 744 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Haut-Musset is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut-Musset wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut-Musset

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Haut-Musset

How Château Haut-Musset wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta), kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or roast pheasant.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut-Musset

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut-Musset. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut-Musset. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut-Musset

  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

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 Haut-Musset and wines from the region

Chablis: #locationmatters by Yang LU

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Cruzille

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-Cruzille, 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 available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).