The Château du Retout 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.
Looking for the best Château du Retout wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château du Retout 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 du Retout wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château du Retout wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or festive chinese fondue.
On the nose the red wine of Château du Retout. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of licorice, pepper or apricot. In the mouth the red wine of Château du Retout. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château du Retout wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the white wine of Château du Retout. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or lime.
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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Vivid, structured whites with a golden robe, taut mouthfeel and sharp acidity, with aromas of apple, citrus, green walnut, curry, spices and intense oxidative notes (vin jaune aged under a yeast veil) evoking walnut, roasted almond and the distinctive "goût de jaune". The absolute star of Château-Chalon AOC, Arbois AOC, l'Étoile AOC and Côtes du Jura AOC. A very ancient Jurassian autochthon, probable ancestor of many European varieties.
