The Winery Les Grands Ducs of Saint-Julien of Bordeaux

Winery Les Grands Ducs
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 43 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Julien in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Les Grands Ducs is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Julien to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Grands Ducs wines

Looking for the best Winery Les Grands Ducs wines in Saint-Julien among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Grands Ducs 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 Winery Les Grands Ducs wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Les Grands Ducs

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Grands Ducs

How Winery Les Grands Ducs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, lamb roast with lavender or wild boar ragout with kriek.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Grands Ducs

On the nose the red wine of Winery Les Grands Ducs. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, tobacco or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of black cherries, leather or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Les Grands Ducs. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Grands Ducs

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Les Grands Ducs.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Julien

The wine region of Saint-Julien is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Léoville Las Cases or the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Julien are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Julien often reveals types of flavors of cream, almonds or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of potpourri, blackcurrant jam or allspice.

In the mouth of Saint-Julien is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 110 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Julien, producing 161 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Julien go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Julien? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Les Grands Ducs.

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 Winery Les Grands Ducs and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).