The Winery Pierre Drillon of Graves de Vayres of Bordeaux
The Winery Pierre Drillon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Graves de Vayres to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Pierre Drillon wines in Graves de Vayres among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Pierre Drillon 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 Winery Pierre Drillon wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Pierre Drillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, couscous chicken and merguez or duck breast with honey sauce.
The wine region of Graves de Vayres is located in the region of Entre-deux-Mers of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château du Petit Puch or the Domaine Louis Eschenauer produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Graves de Vayres are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Graves de Vayres often reveals types of flavors of oaky, honey or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, licorice or black cherries.
In the mouth of Graves de Vayres is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 54 estates and châteaux in the of Graves de Vayres, producing 103 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Graves de Vayres go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
Planning a wine route in the of Graves de Vayres? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Pierre Drillon.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
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Moelleux and liquoreux wines are characterized by the presence of residual sugars (natural sugar of the grape), not transformed into alcohol under the effect of yeasts. The fermentation is stopped by cold and by the addition of sulphur dioxide (sulphur).