The Winery Jean Dubois-Challon of Libournais of Bordeaux

Winery Jean Dubois-Challon
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 1525 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Jean Dubois-Challon is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Dubois-Challon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon

How Winery Jean Dubois-Challon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or duck breast with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon. often reveals types of flavors of leather, black currant or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon

  • 2000With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 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 Winery Jean Dubois-Challon and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Barrel

A wooden barrel made of oak that varies in size depending on the region and is used to age wines. Some white wines are vinified and aged in barrels.