The Château Tour d'Auron is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Tour d'Auron wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Tour d'Auron 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 d'Auron wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Tour d'Auron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lomo saltado or magret stuffed with foie gras.
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
How Château Tour d'Auron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vegetable noddles, pasta with veal stock sauce or rabbit socks in gibelotte.
On the nose the red wine of Château Tour d'Auron. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or leather. In the mouth the red wine of Château Tour d'Auron. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
How Château Tour d'Auron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, cream and tuna quiche or turkey leg with dijon sauce.
On the nose the white wine of Château Tour d'Auron. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
