The Château Pontet Chappaz of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Pontet Chappaz
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 200 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Pontet Chappaz 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 Pontet Chappaz wines

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

The top red wines of Château Pontet Chappaz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Pontet Chappaz

How Château Pontet Chappaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef skewers, meatballs catalan style or duck legs with green olives.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Pontet Chappaz

On the nose the red wine of Château Pontet Chappaz. often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or cherry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Pontet Chappaz. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Pontet Chappaz

  • 1998With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

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

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.

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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.

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The word of the wine: Approval

All the operations (tasting and analysis) that allow the appellation to be obtained for each of the wines of a property, for each vintage.