The Château Ponzac of Cahors of South West

Château Ponzac - Causse d'Olt La Temperadou
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 215 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château Ponzac is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Ponzac wines

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

The top red wines of Château Ponzac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Ponzac

How Château Ponzac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Ponzac

On the nose the red wine of Château Ponzac. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or blueberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, licorice or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Ponzac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Ponzac

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Côt
  • Merlot

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 white wines of Château Ponzac

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Ponzac

How Château Ponzac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of linguine with shrimp and spicy tomato sauce, hake with small shrimps for cookeo or tarte tatin.

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

  • Chenin Blanc

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 Ponzac

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 Ponzac.

Discover the grape variety: Côt

Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.

News about Château Ponzac 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 ...

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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 ...

Ukrainian wine, hanging in the balance

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The word of the wine: Petiole

Stem of the leaf, connecting the leaf blade to the stem.