The Château Tour Coutelin of Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

Château Tour Coutelin
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 94 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Estèphe in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Tour Coutelin is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Saint-Estèphe to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Tour Coutelin wines

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

The top red wines of Château Tour Coutelin

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

How Château Tour Coutelin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), chiche kebab in armenian or duck breast with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Tour Coutelin

On the nose the red wine of Château Tour Coutelin. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Tour Coutelin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Tour Coutelin

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Estèphe

The wine region of Saint-Estèphe is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cos d'Estournel or the Château Montrose produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Estèphe are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Estèphe often reveals types of flavors of iron, sandalwood or banana and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried herbs or star anise.

In the mouth of Saint-Estèphe is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 199 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Estèphe, producing 306 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Estèphe go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Tour Coutelin

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

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 Tour Coutelin 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 ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

Domaines Henri Martin – the spirit of family and terroir

The story of Domaines Henri Martin is that of a family business founded on a shared commitment, across generations, to produce wines with character, true to the quality of the exceptional vineyards and the history of the iconic estates they hail from. Descending from a family rooted in the Médoc for more than 300 years, Henri Martin was well aware of the potential of some of the region’s finest parcels. Motivated by this belief and by a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he accomplished something q ...

The word of the wine: Cinsault

Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.