The Château Laville is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Laville wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Laville 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 Laville wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Laville wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or stuffed peppers.
Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.
How Château Laville wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of scottish haggis, casserons in the country style or rabbit legs with mushrooms.
On the nose the red wine of Château Laville. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of plum, black fruits or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Château Laville. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château Laville wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or cheese lasagne.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Laville. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, vanilla or apricot. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Laville. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
A technique that consists of leaving the grapes to macerate in the open air at a low temperature before fermentation, thus enhancing the aromatic expression of the wine.
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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.
