Château Tour des Gendres - Les Anciens Francs

Château Tour des GendresLes Anciens Francs

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Les Anciens Francs of Château Tour des Gendres is a red wine from the region of Côtes de Bergerac of South West.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with spices taste

licorice

Wine with oak taste

tobacco

Details and technical informations about Château Tour des Gendres's Les Anciens Francs.

Winemaker
Monsieur Laurent Alvarez
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Les Anciens Francs - 2015
In the top 100 of of Côtes de Bergerac wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Les Anciens Francs from Château Tour des Gendres are 2015

Informations about the Château Tour des Gendres

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Côtes de Bergerac in the region of South West

The Château Tour des Gendres is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine South West
In the top 55000 of of France wines
In the top 400 of of Côtes de Bergerac wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Côtes de Bergerac

The wine region of Côtes de Bergerac is located in the region of Bergerac of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Vignoble des Verdots or the Domaine Les Vignerons de Sigoulès produce mainly wines sweet, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Bergerac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Muscadelle, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Bergerac often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, microbio or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of raisin, cassis or cherry.


The wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

News related to this wine

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The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

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