The Château La Tour Cordouan of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château La Tour Cordouan
The winery offers 2 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 2 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 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 korean bibimbap, marinated shoulder of lamb or civet of wild boar.

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

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Tour Cordouan

Planning a wine route in the of Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Tour Cordouan.

Discover the grape variety: Italia Rubi

Pink selection made in Brazil, following a natural coloured mutation of the italia, discovered in 1981 by San Giorgio Jonico. Since 24.08.2009, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1. In Italy, a more colourful mutation of the Rubi was discovered, called benitaka, which is more uniform in berry colour and ripens about a week earlier. The black brasil variety, which can be found in Brazil, is said to be a natural mutation of benitaka. Finally, Rubi should not be confused with ruby seedless, also a pink apyrene grape.

News about Château La Tour Cordouan and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: July 2022

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Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

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The word of the wine: Trimmer

Elevated tractor that allows you to pass through the vineyards by straddling them.