The Château Dompierre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Dompierre wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Dompierre 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 Dompierre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Dompierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef and spice stuffed peppers, truffade (auvergne - cantal - 15) or marinated duck with honey and five spices.
Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).
The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.
How Château Dompierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, zucchini quiche or baked chicken legs.
In the mouth the white wine of Château Dompierre. is a powerful.
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.
How Château Dompierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.
On the nose the red wine of Château Dompierre. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruits or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Dompierre. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Aroma reminiscent of banana, candy, and sometimes nail polish, particularly present in primeur wines. The amylic taste is reminiscent of the aromas of industrial confectionery and does not reflect a great expression of terroir.
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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.
