The Château Recougne is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Recougne wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Recougne 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 Recougne wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Recougne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of sloth pork loin, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or coconut chicken.
On the nose the white wine of Château Recougne. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or green apple. In the mouth the white wine of Château Recougne. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
Some wines may feature the "lost child" of Bordeaux, Carménère. Small quantities of white wine are produced. However, as the wines must be Sweet, this does not represent a level of quality as is the case for the red designation. These wines are generally made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Some blends may include Muscadelle, Ugni Blanc and Merlot Blanc. Similarly, the Graves Supérieures appellation is specific to sweet white wines. Only two French wine regions have adopted the concept of having a "superior" level for their appellations. The other is Beaujolais.
How Château Recougne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tanjia, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or old-fashioned venison stew.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Château Recougne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac or cassoulet of yesteryear.
On the nose the red wine of Château Recougne. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, citrus or smoke. In the mouth the red wine of Château Recougne. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
All the operations (tasting and analysis) that allow the appellation to be obtained for each of the wines of a property, for each vintage.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
