The Château Soleil of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Soleil - Croix du Rival Lussac-Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Soleil is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Soleil wines

Looking for the best Château Soleil wines in Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Soleil 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 Soleil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Soleil

How Château Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or garbure with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Soleil

On the nose the red wine of Château Soleil. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, cedar or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of pepper, raspberry or black cherries. In the mouth the red wine of Château Soleil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Soleil

  • 2015With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Les Hauts Du Bourdonnais or the Domaine La Mauriane produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of oaky, anise or mint and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, black olive or violet.

In the mouth of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 175 estates and châteaux in the of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion, producing 277 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Soleil

Planning a wine route in the of Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Soleil.

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 Soleil and wines from the region

France expects bigger 2022 wine harvest but drought is a concern

France’s 2022 wine harvest is likely to be between 42.6 million and 45.6m hectolitres, up by 13% to 21% on the frost-hit 2021 vintage and more in-line with the country’s five-year average. One hectolitre is equivalent to 100 litres. Yet drought could impact on yields in the coming weeks, adding extra uncertainty in several regions, said the French agriculture ministry’s Agreste statistics unit. Expected vintage quality isn’t covered by the preliminary outlook. It added the 2022 growing season is ...

Cheval Blanc 2021 released en primeur: ‘an obvious buy’

Cheval Blanc 2021 was released en primeur this morning (19 May) at €390 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up by around 3% on the 202o-vintage opening price last year. Liv-ex said the new release was still cheaper on the market than the well-regarded vintage trio of 2018, 2019 and 2020. UK merchants offered the 2021 wine at £4,740 (12x75cl in bond), it said. It marks another relatively early release for Cheval Blanc, with this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign just getting started. Cheval Blanc 202 ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

The word of the wine: Pigeage

Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.