The Château La Tour Cordouan of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château La Tour Cordouan
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 860 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château La Tour Cordouan is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tour Cordouan wines

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

The top pink wines of Château La Tour Cordouan

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château La Tour Cordouan

How Château La Tour Cordouan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of crab matoutou, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or moroccan chicken tagine.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château La Tour Cordouan.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

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.

The top red wines of Château La Tour Cordouan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Tour Cordouan

How Château La Tour Cordouan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, tajine of mutton or rabbit with onions and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Tour Cordouan

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tour Cordouan

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Catawba

American, was widely planted in the first half of the 19th century, particularly in the northern part of the United States. Discovered in 1819, it is the result of an interspecific cross between Vitis Labrusca Linné and Semillon (F. Huber 2016). It can still be found in the United States (New York, Ohio, etc.), Canada (Ontario), Brazil, South Africa, England, etc. In France, it is almost unknown. Note that the Catawba is also related to the concord.

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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.