The Vieux Château Châtain of Libournais of Bordeaux

Vieux Château Châtain - Lalande de Pomerol
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2356 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Vieux Château Châtain is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Vieux Château Châtain wines

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

The top red wines of Vieux Château Châtain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Vieux Château Châtain

How Vieux Château Châtain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, eggplant moussaka with lamb or duck parmentier with ceps.

The best vintages in the red wines of Vieux Château Châtain

  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Vieux Château Châtain.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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. .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Vieux Château Châtain

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 Vieux Château Châtain.

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 Vieux Château Châtain and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Maturation

Transformation undergone by the grape when it is enriched with sugar and loses some of its acidity to reach maturity.