The Château La Croix du Casse of Pomerol of Bordeaux

Château La Croix du Casse - Les Chemins de la Croix du Casse Pomerol
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Borie-Manoux.
It is ranked in the top 77 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pomerol in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Croix du Casse is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Pomerol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Croix du Casse wines

Looking for the best Château La Croix du Casse wines in Pomerol among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Croix du Casse 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 Croix du Casse wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Croix du Casse

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Croix du Casse

How Château La Croix du Casse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, dad's lamb mouse or rabbit on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Croix du Casse

On the nose the red wine of Château La Croix du Casse. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, toasty or red cherry and sometimes also flavors of cranberry, pepper or cocoa. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Croix du Casse. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Croix du Casse

  • 1995With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Croix du Casse.

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

Discovering the wine region of Pomerol

The wine region of Pomerol is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pétrus or the Domaine Le Pin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pomerol are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pomerol often reveals types of flavors of cherry, flint or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of salt, dried fig or nutty.

In the mouth of Pomerol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 336 estates and châteaux in the of Pomerol, producing 444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pomerol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Croix du Casse

Planning a wine route in the of Pomerol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Croix du Casse.

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 Croix du Casse and wines from the region

Pomerol granted permission for ‘exceptional’ irrigation

‘Climatic conditions’ and the requests of a ‘certain number of winegrowers’ were cited as the reasons for Jean-Marie Garde, president of the Pomerol appellation, to ask regulatory body Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) to temporarily reverse the long-standing ban on irrigation. The favourable news was shared via emails seen by Decanter, with an accompanying letter from the INAO dated July 20, 2022. The letter, translated from French, states that after ...

Château Lassègue names seventh-generation vigneron Nicolas Seillan as its new winemaker

Seillan takes on his new role in addition to his current position as senior vice president of finance, Château Lassègue and Tenuta di Arceno. Château Lassègue said Seillan will continue to work alongside his father, renowned vigneron Pierre Seillan, who said: ‘I am proud that my son Nicolas will continue in the tradition of our family lineage as a seventh-generation vigneron, and bring his passion and respect for the great terroirs and wines of France.’ Born into a family of French vignerons, Ni ...

Lafite Rothschild 2021 released en primeur

Lafite Rothschild 2021 was released at €470 per bottle ex-Bordeaux this morning (7 June) and was being offered en primeur by UK merchants at the equivalent of £5,808 per 12-bottle case in bond, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle rated Lafite 2021 at 97 points, a strong performance in one of the more challenging Bordeaux vintages of recent years. ‘Surely a contender for wine of the vintage, certainly on the Left Bank. Vibrant and explosive,’ Hindle wrote. L ...

The word of the wine: Perlant

Said of a slightly effervescent wine.