The Château le Raz of Guyenne of South West

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The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 42 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château le Raz is one of the world's great estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Raz wines

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

The top red wines of Château le Raz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château le Raz

How Château le Raz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or duck aiguillettes with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château le Raz

On the nose the red wine of Château le Raz. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Raz

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top pink wines of Château le Raz

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château le Raz

How Château le Raz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, leg of lamb in braillouse or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château le Raz.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

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.

The top white wines of Château le Raz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château le Raz

How Château le Raz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of skate wings with capers, norman mussels with cider or birthday cake.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château le Raz

On the nose the white wine of Château le Raz. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, apricot or honey.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château le Raz

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

The word of the wine: Solera

A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.

The top sweet wines of Château le Raz

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château le Raz

How Château le Raz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of skate with vinegar and capers, spaghetti with shrimp and cream or very simple muffins.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château le Raz.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Raz

Planning a wine route in the of Guyenne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château le Raz.

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.

News about Château le Raz and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Solera

A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.