The Château de Rouffiac of Cahors of South West

Château de Rouffiac
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 44 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West
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The Château de Rouffiac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Rouffiac wines

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

The top red wines of Château de Rouffiac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Rouffiac

How Château de Rouffiac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or quick coconut milk chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Rouffiac

On the nose the red wine of Château de Rouffiac. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Rouffiac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Rouffiac

  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.43/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Rouffiac.

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Rouffiac

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

Discover the grape variety: Lafnetscha

Native grape variety of the Swiss high Valais very old cultivated. Resulting from a natural intraspecific crossing between humagne blanche and completer, it is also related to bondola blanca, bondoletta, colombaud, ... . It should be noted that the Lafnetscha is not widely multiplied in Switzerland today, and is virtually unknown in France and even less so in other wine-producing countries.

News about Château de Rouffiac and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Dosing liqueur (champagne)

Also known as liqueur d'expédition, a solution made up of wine and sugar added to champagne after disgorgement and which determines the type of wine: extra-brut, brut, extra-dry, dry, demi-sec.