The Château Monestier La Tour of Guyenne of South West

Château Monestier La Tour - Bergerac Blanc
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 136 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château Monestier La Tour is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Monestier La Tour wines

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

The top white wines of Château Monestier La Tour

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Monestier La Tour

How Château Monestier La Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of parillade of fish and seafood, seafood lasagna or plain cupcakes.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Monestier La Tour

  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.13/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Monestier La Tour.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

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 red wines of Château Monestier La Tour

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Monestier La Tour

How Château Monestier La Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef with dark beer, lamb confit with new potatoes or flamenkuche express.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Monestier La Tour

On the nose the red wine of Château Monestier La Tour. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Monestier La Tour

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.52/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Monestier La Tour.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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.

The top sweet wines of Château Monestier La Tour

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Monestier La Tour

How Château Monestier La Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Monestier La Tour

  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)

It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Monestier La Tour

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 Monestier La Tour.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Monestier La Tour and wines from the region

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

Higher growing season temperatures over the next 20 years are likely to further increase the UK’s potential for wine production, according to new modelling on ‘near-term’ climate change impact on the sector. Yet wineries also need flexibility to adapt to challenges, said the study, published in the Oeno One journal and part of a wider project on climate resilience in UK wine. Conditions seen in the excellent 2018 vintage are set to become more common in several areas, including East ...

The word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)

It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.