The Château Lafite Monteil of Bordeaux

Château Lafite Monteil
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 3075 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Lafite Monteil is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lafite Monteil wines

Looking for the best Château Lafite Monteil wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lafite Monteil 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 Lafite Monteil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Lafite Monteil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lafite Monteil

How Château Lafite Monteil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, curried veal roulades or duck aiguillettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lafite Monteil

On the nose the red wine of Château Lafite Monteil. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or plum and sometimes also flavors of pepper, cassis or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lafite Monteil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lafite Monteil

  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Lafite Monteil.

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

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Lafite Monteil and wines from the region

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Fine wine demand slows as recession fears mount, says Liv-ex

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The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.