The Château Rivière Lacoste of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Rivière Lacoste
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Molinari.
It is ranked in the top 430 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Rivière Lacoste is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Rivière Lacoste wines

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

The top red wines of Château Rivière Lacoste

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Rivière Lacoste

How Château Rivière Lacoste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, 7 o'clock leg of lamb or rabbit with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Rivière Lacoste

On the nose the red wine of Château Rivière Lacoste. often reveals types of flavors of cream, microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château Rivière Lacoste. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Rivière Lacoste

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Rivière Lacoste.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top white wines of Château Rivière Lacoste

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Rivière Lacoste

How Château Rivière Lacoste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of beef tagine with vegetables, ham and comté quiche or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Rivière Lacoste

In the mouth the white wine of Château Rivière Lacoste. is a powerful.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Rivière Lacoste.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Rivière Lacoste

Planning a wine route in the of Graves? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Rivière Lacoste.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Rivière Lacoste and wines from the region

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Reaction as Mouton and Margaux 2021 released en primeur

Both Mouton and Margaux 2021 were released en primeur at €420 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, down 2.8% on the 2020-vintage debut last year, according to Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. While the market dynamics vary between these two First Growths, their 2021 grands vins were being sold en primeur as the cheapest of the last four vintages – below current prices on 2018, 2019 and 2020. Merchants were offering Mouton 2021 and Margaux 2021 at £5,100 (12x75cl in bond). Initial signs suggested t ...

The word of the wine: Assemblage (Champagne)

In Champagne, it is the art of blending still wines from different grape varieties (pinot meunier, pinot noir, chardonnay), from different terroirs (villages, areas) and often from different years. The incorporation of older wines, called reserve wines, allows for greater aromatic complexity.