The Château Relais de la Poste of Côtes de Bourg of Bordeaux

Château Relais de la Poste - Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 18 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Côtes de Bourg in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Relais de la Poste is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Côtes de Bourg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Relais de la Poste wines

Looking for the best Château Relais de la Poste wines in Côtes de Bourg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Relais de la Poste 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 Relais de la Poste wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Relais de la Poste

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Relais de la Poste

How Château Relais de la Poste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, potjevleesch (meat in a pot) or rabbit with kriek and cherries.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Relais de la Poste

On the nose the red wine of Château Relais de la Poste. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or spices and sometimes also flavors of oaky, leather or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Château Relais de la Poste. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Relais de la Poste

  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Relais de la Poste.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Bourg

The wine region of Côtes de Bourg is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc de Cambes or the Château Tayac produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Bourg are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Bourg often reveals types of flavors of oak, sweet tobacco or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of cigar, ripe blackberries or bell pepper.

In the mouth of Côtes de Bourg is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 478 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Bourg, producing 830 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Bourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Côtes de Bourg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Relais de la Poste.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

News about Château Relais de la Poste and wines from the region

Burgundy 2022 harvest: winemaker optimism running high

It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Pagan

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