The Château Lousteauneuf of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Lousteauneuf
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 685 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lousteauneuf is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lousteauneuf wines

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

The top red wines of Château Lousteauneuf

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lousteauneuf

How Château Lousteauneuf wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, shoulder of lamb with a spoon or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lousteauneuf

On the nose the red wine of Château Lousteauneuf. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, pepper or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Lousteauneuf. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lousteauneuf

  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

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.

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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.