The Winery Lousteau-Vieil of Graves of Bordeaux

Winery Lousteau-Vieil
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 266 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Lousteau-Vieil is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines

Looking for the best Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Lousteau-Vieil 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 Lousteau-Vieil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, tanjia or duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.13/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Historic cradle of Bordeaux wine, left bank south of the city. Structured reds on siliceous gravel: firm cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon, velvety Merlot, perfumed Cabernet Franc, signature notes of black fruit, smoke, graphite and cigar box. Elegant dry whites blending Sauvignon (citrus, boxwood, freshness) and Sémillon (wax, honey, richness with ageing), among Bordeaux's longest-lived. Also sweet Graves Supérieures.

5,000 ha, 75% red. Pessac-Léognan split off in 1987.

The top sweet wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta with tuna and cream, oven-roasted breton lobster with salted butter from the jaguin brothers (the... or traditional pastry flan.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.

The top white wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, nanie's diced ham quiche or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil. is a powerful.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lousteau-Vieil.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Tastevin

Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.