The Château Laffitte-Teston of Pyrenées of South West

Château Laffitte-Teston
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Pyrenées in the region of South West
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The Château Laffitte-Teston is one of the world's great estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Pyrenées to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Laffitte-Teston wines

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

The top red wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Laffitte-Teston

How Château Laffitte-Teston wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef with cider, douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or couscous without couscous maker.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

On the nose the red wine of Château Laffitte-Teston. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, blueberry or strawberries.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

  • 2004With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Laffitte-Teston.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Pyrenées

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

The top white wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Laffitte-Teston

How Château Laffitte-Teston wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna pizza, raoul's bouillabaisse or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

On the nose the white wine of Château Laffitte-Teston. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, lychee or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, pineapple or grapefruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.89/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Laffitte-Teston.

  • Gros Manseng
  • Petit Manseng
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Petit Courbu
  • Colombard
  • Ugni blanc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top pink wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Laffitte-Teston

How Château Laffitte-Teston wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef fashion, bitumen leg of lamb or sauerkraut of the sea in casserole.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Laffitte-Teston.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Tannat
  • Fer Servadou

The word of the wine: Open

Said of a wine with a full and expressive nose, generally at its peak.

The top sweet wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Laffitte-Teston

How Château Laffitte-Teston wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Laffitte-Teston. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or melon and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Laffitte-Teston

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Laffitte-Teston.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Tannat

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Laffitte-Teston

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Discover the grape variety: Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Netherlands). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Gros Manseng blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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