The Château Le Vieux Fort is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Le Vieux Fort wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Le Vieux Fort 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 Vieux Fort wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Le Vieux Fort wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of improved horse steak, fried vegetables with merguez and chipo or duck breast with balsamic vinegar.
On the nose the red wine of Château Le Vieux Fort. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Château Le Vieux Fort. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).
The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.
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Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
