The Château Nozieres of Cahors of South West

Château Nozieres - Ambroise de l'Her Cahors Malbec
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 22 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château Nozieres is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Nozieres wines

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

The top red wines of Château Nozieres

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Nozieres

How Château Nozieres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or wild asparagus omelette.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Nozieres

On the nose the red wine of Château Nozieres. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or cherry and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Nozieres. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Nozieres

  • 2008With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.79/5

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

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top sweet wines of Château Nozieres

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Nozieres

How Château Nozieres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tagliatelle with fresh salmon, slivers of squid with tomato or quiche without pastry.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Nozieres.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top white wines of Château Nozieres

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Nozieres

How Château Nozieres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of summer orecchiette, leek and tuna pie or sautéed squid with parsley.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Nozieres

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Nozieres.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Tannic

Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.

The top pink wines of Château Nozieres

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Nozieres

How Château Nozieres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, fish with madras curry and coconut milk or three-cheese pie (beaufort, comté, emmental).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château Nozieres

On the nose the pink wine of Château Nozieres. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Nozieres

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Nozieres.

  • Malbec

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Nozieres

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Château Nozieres and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

The word of the wine: Tannic

Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.