The Winery Tapon of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Winery Tapon - Aloyaux
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 622 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Tapon is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tapon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Tapon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tapon

How Winery Tapon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, roasted stuffed goose with mushroom sauce or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tapon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Tapon. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tapon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tapon

  • 2004With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Tapon.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Philippe de Rothschild or the Château Le Chatelet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, savory or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of bramble, raisin or sour cherry.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 645 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion, producing 833 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top pink wines of Winery Tapon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Tapon

How Winery Tapon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

The top white wines of Winery Tapon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tapon

How Winery Tapon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of rabbit with cider and mushrooms, zucchini quiche or chicken colombo (west indies).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Tapon.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris

The word of the wine: Ancestral method

A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Tapon

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

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 Winery Tapon and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Lafite Rothschild 2021 released en primeur

Lafite Rothschild 2021 was released at €470 per bottle ex-Bordeaux this morning (7 June) and was being offered en primeur by UK merchants at the equivalent of £5,808 per 12-bottle case in bond, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle rated Lafite 2021 at 97 points, a strong performance in one of the more challenging Bordeaux vintages of recent years. ‘Surely a contender for wine of the vintage, certainly on the Left Bank. Vibrant and explosive,’ Hindle wrote. L ...

The word of the wine: Ancestral method

A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).