The Château Puy Castera of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Puy Castera
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 67 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Puy Castera is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Puy Castera wines

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

The top red wines of Château Puy Castera

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Puy Castera

How Château Puy Castera wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chili con carne, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Puy Castera

On the nose the red wine of Château Puy Castera. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, black currant or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Château Puy Castera. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Puy Castera

  • 2005With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.67/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

Structured Bordeaux AOC upstream of the Gironde north of Bordeaux: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king red on the gravel mounds — deep-coloured and tannic with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and a hint of spice, structured and age-worthy. Supple Merlot on clay soils adds roundness (plum, red fruits). Dense Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete it. Evolving bouquet (roast, truffle, prune, leather).

5 Classed Growths (1855). AOC (1935), well-drained gravels, oceanic.

The top pink wines of Château Puy Castera

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Puy Castera

How Château Puy Castera wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of mussels with rosemary and barbecue, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or express chicken skewers with spices.

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

  • Malbec

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: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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