Château Taureau - Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur

Château TaureauChâteau le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur of Château Taureau is a red wine from the region of Bordeaux Supérieur of Bordeaux.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.

Taste structure of the Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur from the Château Taureau

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur of Château Taureau in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Details and technical informations about Château Taureau's Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur - 2016
In the top 100 of of Bordeaux Supérieur wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur - 2015
In the top 100 of of Bordeaux Supérieur wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Château le Grillon Bordeaux Supérieur from Château Taureau are 2015, 2016

Informations about the Château Taureau

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Bordeaux Supérieur in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Taureau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 80000 of of France wines
In the top 150 of of Bordeaux Supérieur wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur

Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation level applied to wines produced in the Generic area of the Bordeaux PDO. They are produced from the classic Bordeaux Grape varieties. The reds are, as the name suggests, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of the standard Bordeaux AOC wines. They are therefore heavily based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Stopper (taste of)

A defect in the wine reminiscent of the smell and taste of mouldy cork.

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