The Château La Claymore of Lussac-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château La Claymore - Château Cilorn
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Lussac-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Claymore is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Lussac-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Claymore wines

Looking for the best Château La Claymore wines in Lussac-Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Claymore 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 La Claymore wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Claymore

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Claymore

How Château La Claymore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, paupiettes of veal or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Claymore

On the nose the red wine of Château La Claymore. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, vanilla or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Claymore. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Claymore

  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Roques or the Domaine Gérard Depardieu produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lussac-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, jam or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of violet, forest floor or aniseed.

In the mouth of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 288 estates and châteaux in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion, producing 425 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lussac-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Claymore

Planning a wine route in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Claymore.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château La Claymore and wines from the region

Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it

Colin Hay, a professor of political economy with a special interest in the Place de Bordeaux, considers the different ways of approaching en primeur purchasing, ahead of this year’s 2021 campaign. Buying en primeur wines is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling in which the consumer purchases the wine typically in the early summer following the vintage even though it will not be bottled and delivered for a further 12-18 months. It is, in effect, a futures mark ...

Price key as top wines set for La Place de Bordeaux release – Liv-ex

More than 100 wines from 32 regions across 11 countries – including France – are set for release via the La Place in the coming weeks, Liv-ex said in a new report released today (24 August). September, in particular, has become a busy month for négociants, who have sought to expand their portfolios beyond Bordeaux. For wineries, the extensive La Place distribution network offers opportunities to reach new drinkers and enhance their international reputation – albeit opinions in the UK trade diffe ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

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).