The Château Le Chatelet of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Le Chatelet
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Le Chatelet is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Le Chatelet wines

Looking for the best Château Le Chatelet wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Le Chatelet 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 Le Chatelet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Le Chatelet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Le Chatelet

How Château Le Chatelet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, daniel's algerian couscous or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Le Chatelet

On the nose the red wine of Château Le Chatelet. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, plum or microbio and sometimes also flavors of earth, dark fruit or cheese. In the mouth the red wine of Château Le Chatelet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Le Chatelet

  • 2017With an average score of 4.67/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.44/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Château Le Chatelet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Le Chatelet

How Château Le Chatelet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or yakitori chicken (japanese).

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

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 sweet wines of Château Le Chatelet

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Le Chatelet

How Château Le Chatelet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or zucchini soup with blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Le Chatelet

In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Le Chatelet. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Le Chatelet.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Barrel

A wooden barrel made of oak that varies in size depending on the region and is used to age wines. Some white wines are vinified and aged in barrels.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Le Chatelet

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Le Chatelet.

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.

News about Château Le Chatelet and wines from the region

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

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The Saint-Véran appellation seen by Kevin Tessieux

Kévin Tessieux, President of the appellation’s winegrower union, shares his perspective on the Saint-Véran appellation and tell us about the origin of its name. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VinsdeBourgogneofficiel Twitter : https://twitter.com/VinsdeBourgogne​​​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.li ...

The word of the wine: Barrel

A wooden barrel made of oak that varies in size depending on the region and is used to age wines. Some white wines are vinified and aged in barrels.

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