The Château Les Donats of Guyenne of South West

Château Les Donats
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 349 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château Les Donats is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Les Donats wines

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

The top red wines of Château Les Donats

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Les Donats

How Château Les Donats wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef fashion, vegetarian paella or tomato, ham, cheese and mushroom pie.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Les Donats

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Les Donats.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 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 Les Donats

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Les Donats

How Château Les Donats wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, green lentils strasbourg style or duck breast in a crust.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Les Donats.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

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.

The top white wines of Château Les Donats

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Les Donats

How Château Les Donats wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato, small cuttlefish a la plancha or traditional pastry flan.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Les Donats

  • 2013With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Les Donats.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris

The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.

The top sweet wines of Château Les Donats

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Les Donats

How Château Les Donats wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of country-style sausage, express cherry clafoutis or courgette, roquefort and pine nut pie.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Les Donats.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Les Donats

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 Les Donats.

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.

News about Château Les Donats and wines from the region

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 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

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-Prissé, 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/BourgogneWine ...

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The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.