The Château Mauvesin of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Mauvesin - Cuvée Spéciale du Marquis de Mauvesin
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 817 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Mauvesin is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Mauvesin wines

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

The top red wines of Château Mauvesin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Mauvesin

How Château Mauvesin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, lamb in spicy sauce or duck breast with honey sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Mauvesin

On the nose the red wine of Château Mauvesin. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of leather, cassis or prune. In the mouth the red wine of Château Mauvesin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Mauvesin

  • 2009With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.43/5

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

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

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Mauvesin

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

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.

News about Château Mauvesin and wines from the region

Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...

Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.