Château La ClaymoreGrande Selection
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Taste structure of the Grande Selection from the Château La Claymore
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Grande Selection of Château La Claymore in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Grande Selection
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Selection
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Selection
The Grande Selection of Château La Claymore matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or rabbit fillet with mustard.
Details and technical informations about Château La Claymore's Grande Selection.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grande Selection from Château La Claymore are 2012
Informations about the Château La Claymore
The Château La Claymore is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Solera
A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.
