The Château Hourbanon of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Hourbanon - Médoc
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 660 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Hourbanon is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Hourbanon wines

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

The top red wines of Château Hourbanon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Hourbanon

How Château Hourbanon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet, eggplant moussaka with lamb or cassoulet of yesteryear.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Hourbanon

On the nose the red wine of Château Hourbanon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cassis or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or cigar. In the mouth the red wine of Château Hourbanon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Hourbanon

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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