The Château Tourteau Chollet of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Tourteau Chollet
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Vitisvintage.
It is ranked in the top 278 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Tourteau Chollet is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Tourteau Chollet wines

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

The top red wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Tourteau Chollet

How Château Tourteau Chollet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, pasta with merguez or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

On the nose the red wine of Château Tourteau Chollet. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of cedar, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château Tourteau Chollet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

  • 1998With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Tourteau Chollet.

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

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top white wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Tourteau Chollet

How Château Tourteau Chollet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, ham and comté quiche or chicken blanquette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

In the mouth the white wine of Château Tourteau Chollet. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Tourteau Chollet.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Tourteau Chollet

How Château Tourteau Chollet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of steak tartare or roast duck with cider sauce.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Tourteau Chollet

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Tourteau Chollet.

  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

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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.