The Château Lauriol of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux

Château Lauriol - Francs Côtes de Bordeaux Blanc
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Famille Thienpont.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lauriol is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lauriol wines

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

The top white wines of Château Lauriol

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Lauriol

How Château Lauriol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chicken pie, zucchini quiche or ravioli with 2 cheeses.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Lauriol.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux

The wine region of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château le Puy or the Château le Puy produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, floral or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of caramel, cinnamon or sour cherry.

In the mouth of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 49 estates and châteaux in the of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux, producing 81 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château Lauriol

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lauriol

How Château Lauriol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), adapted vietnamese fondue or rabbit with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lauriol

On the nose the red wine of Château Lauriol. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of black cherries, leather or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lauriol. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lauriol

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lauriol

Planning a wine route in the of Francs - Côtes de Bordeaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Lauriol.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Lauriol and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.