The Château Tour Carolus of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Tour Carolus - Fronsac
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 3233 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Tour Carolus is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Tour Carolus wines

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

The top red wines of Château Tour Carolus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Tour Carolus

How Château Tour Carolus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, lamb keftas or paella valenciana (without seafood).

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Tour Carolus

  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

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

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.

News about Château Tour Carolus and wines from the region

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