The Château Jouvente of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Jouvente - Cuvée Solal Graves
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 140 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Jouvente is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Jouvente wines

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

The top red wines of Château Jouvente

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Jouvente

How Château Jouvente wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, lamb curry or duck sleeves in cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Jouvente

On the nose the red wine of Château Jouvente. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Jouvente. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Jouvente

  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top white wines of Château Jouvente

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Jouvente

How Château Jouvente wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), zucchini quiche or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Jouvente

On the nose the white wine of Château Jouvente. often reveals types of flavors of peach, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Jouvente. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Jouvente

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Jouvente.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Jouvente

Planning a wine route in the of Graves? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Jouvente.

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 Jouvente and wines from the region

Fires near Bordeaux: Liber Pater vineyard evacuated

Police ordered the evacuation of more local residents in the Landiras area yesterday (Monday 18 July), with Liber Pater’s vineyard in Graves also evacuated as firefighters continued to try to contain a large forest fire that has been burning for the past week. A ‘fog’ of fire smoke behind Liber Pater vines on Tuesday morning (19 July), said owner Loïc Pasquet, who was briefly able to return to the site. Smoke hasn’t been a problem so far, he said. Credit: Loïc Pasquet. ‘The pol ...

Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

The word of the wine: Carbonic maceration

Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.