The Château Prieure-Les-Tours of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Prieure-Les-Tours
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 221 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Prieure-Les-Tours is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Prieure-Les-Tours wines

Looking for the best Château Prieure-Les-Tours wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Prieure-Les-Tours 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 Prieure-Les-Tours wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

How Château Prieure-Les-Tours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of cabbage casserole, quiche lorraine or coconut chicken and curry.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Historic cradle of Bordeaux wine, left bank south of the city. Structured reds on siliceous gravel: firm cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon, velvety Merlot, perfumed Cabernet Franc, signature notes of black fruit, smoke, graphite and cigar box. Elegant dry whites blending Sauvignon (citrus, boxwood, freshness) and Sémillon (wax, honey, richness with ageing), among Bordeaux's longest-lived. Also sweet Graves Supérieures.

5,000 ha, 75% red. Pessac-Léognan split off in 1987.

The top red wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

How Château Prieure-Les-Tours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick meatloaf, leg of lamb in braillouse or duck fillets with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

On the nose the red wine of Château Prieure-Les-Tours. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or strawberries. In the mouth the red wine of Château Prieure-Les-Tours. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Prieure-Les-Tours.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

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Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.