The Château La Tonnelle of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château La Tonnelle
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Domaines Fabre.
It is ranked in the top 153 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château La Tonnelle is one of the best wineries to follow in Haut-Médoc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tonnelle wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Tonnelle

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

How Château La Tonnelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with tomato, home-made coq au vin or roast venison with green pepper sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tonnelle

On the nose the red wine of Château La Tonnelle. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Tonnelle. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tonnelle

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 1990With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).

5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.