The Château Lestage of Listrac-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Lestage - Chênes-Besson Listrac-Médoc
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Listrac-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Lestage is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Listrac-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lestage wines

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

The top red wines of Château Lestage

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lestage

How Château Lestage wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of improved horse steak, lamb epigram in spicy sauce or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lestage

On the nose the red wine of Château Lestage. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, leather or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lestage. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lestage

  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Listrac-Médoc

The wine region of Listrac-Médoc is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Clarke or the Château Fourcas Hosten produce mainly wines red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Listrac-Médoc are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Listrac-Médoc often reveals types of flavors of earth, bell pepper or green bell pepper and sometimes also flavors of black plum, nutty or prune.

In the mouth of Listrac-Médoc is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 69 estates and châteaux in the of Listrac-Médoc, producing 110 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Listrac-Médoc go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Château Lestage

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Lestage

How Château Lestage wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Lestage

In the mouth the white wine of Château Lestage. is a powerful.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lestage

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

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.

News about Château Lestage and wines from the region

Château Latour 2014 released for first time

Château Latour 2014 was released this morning (15 March), making it the youngest Latour grand vin on the market and the third to be released since the first growth estate left the Bordeaux en primeur system in 2012. Farr Vintners was selling Latour 2014 at £4,950 per 12-bottle case, with six magnums offered at £4,980. Bordeaux Index was offering the wine in six-bottle cases at £2,475 in bond. Analyst group Wine Lister said the wine had been released at €430 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up 18% on the ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.

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