The Château l'Escadre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Entre-deux-Mers to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château l'Escadre wines in Entre-deux-Mers among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château l'Escadre 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 l'Escadre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château l'Escadre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of butternut and goat cheese gratin, cream and tuna quiche or tuna nuggets.
Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine-growing sub-region of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Its name literally translates as "between two seas", although the seas in question are actually rivers - the Garonne and the Dordogne, which form the southern and northern boundaries of the region respectively. The Entre-deux-Mers is home to a variety of appellations, producing wines in styles ranging from the Sweet botrytised whites of Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont - all close to the northeast bank of the Garonne - to the Dry table wines of Sainte-Foy and Graves de Vayres, closer to the Dordogne. The region stretching along the Garonne from the group of sweet white wine appellations to the area east of the city of Bordeaux is the red wine appellation Côtes de Bordeaux - until 2009 called Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a title now reserved for sweet whites.
The appellations in this region can certainly be difficult to learn; Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge is for both sweet and dry whites, while in the same area Bordeaux Haut-Benauge can only be used for dry wines. The Entre-deux-Mers regional appellation title itself applies only to dry white wines made from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Muscadelle and Ugni Blanc. However, the majority of wines produced within the boundaries of the Entre-Deux-Mers AOC are instead labeled as Generic Bordeaux or superior Bordeaux. Entre-deux-Mers occupies a significant portion of the Bordeaux region, stretching from the city in the west to the farmland of Bergerac in the east.
How Château l'Escadre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts, blue cheese or beef such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis, endives with ham and roquefort sauce or flemish beer stew.
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 also well planted further north, as far 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.
How Château l'Escadre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, chicken and sausage stew with carrots or garbure with duck confit.
On the nose the red wine of Château l'Escadre. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of black currant, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château l'Escadre. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Said of a wine that is unpleasantly pungent and has a vinegar-like odour.
How Château l'Escadre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of navarin of lamb, vermicelli sautéed with peking duck or chicken with merguez and tomatoes.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Château l'Escadre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
A term that can have several meanings, but often designates a branded wine as opposed to a wine from a vineyard or château, sometimes abused to designate regional appellations (e.g. Bordeaux, Burgundy, etc.).
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Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
