The Château le Vivier of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château le Vivier
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1384 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château le Vivier is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Vivier wines

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

The top red wines of Château le Vivier

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

How Château le Vivier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, rack of lamb in a salt crust or roast duck breast or duck fillet with dried apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château le Vivier

On the nose the red wine of Château le Vivier. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Vivier

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Vivier

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

Discover the grape variety: Orbois

Orbois blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Orbois blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château le Vivier and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chaintré

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-Chaintré, 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/BourgogneWi ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Serrières

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-Serrières, 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/BourgogneW ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Nicolas Ferrari

Nicolas Ferrari, from Domaine Ferrari, explains how the Irancy Village appellation has been created over the years. He also reveal the ageing capacity of the appellation and invites us to be patient “ Our patience is always rewarded with an Irancy”. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

The word of the wine: Venaison

Applied to the bouquet of a wine reminiscent of the smell of big game.