The Château La Rousseliere of Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

Château La Rousseliere - Saint-Estèphe
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Estèphe in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Rousseliere is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Estèphe to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Rousseliere wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Rousseliere

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

How Château La Rousseliere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed peppers, pumpkin parmentier hash or magret stuffed with foie gras.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Rousseliere

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Rousseliere

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Estèphe

The wine region of Saint-Estèphe is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cos d'Estournel or the Château Montrose produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Estèphe are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Estèphe often reveals types of flavors of iron, sandalwood or banana and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried herbs or star anise.

In the mouth of Saint-Estèphe is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 199 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Estèphe, producing 306 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Estèphe go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Rousseliere

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

News about Château La Rousseliere and wines from the region

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

The word of the wine: Stirring

In the traditional method, the operation aims to bring the deposits against the cork by the movement of the bottles placed on desks. The stirring can be manual or mechanical (using gyropalettes).