The Château Michel de Montaigne of Guyenne of South West

Château Michel de Montaigne
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 242 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West
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The Château Michel de Montaigne is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Michel de Montaigne wines

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

The top red wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Michel de Montaigne

How Château Michel de Montaigne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, pork tenderloin with onions or wild boar bourguignon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

On the nose the red wine of Château Michel de Montaigne. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vanilla or cassis and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Michel de Montaigne. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

  • 2003With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.59/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Michel de Montaigne.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top white wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Michel de Montaigne

How Château Michel de Montaigne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or pasta with chicken and curry.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Michel de Montaigne.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top sweet wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Michel de Montaigne

How Château Michel de Montaigne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of tartiflette with smoked salmon, monkfish tail with coconut milk and curry or meringue for dummies.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

  • 2010With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Michel de Montaigne.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: R-C (champagne)

Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.

The top pink wines of Château Michel de Montaigne

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Michel de Montaigne

How Château Michel de Montaigne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef enchilladas au gratin, rice with paprika and merguez or peasant minestrone.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Michel de Montaigne.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Michel de Montaigne

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

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.