The Château Vieux Pontet of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Vieux Pontet
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 2545 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Vieux Pontet is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Vieux Pontet wines

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

The top red wines of Château Vieux Pontet

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

How Château Vieux Pontet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or wild boar with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Vieux Pontet

In the mouth the red wine of Château Vieux Pontet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Vieux Pontet

  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • 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. .

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Vieux Pontet and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Cruzille

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Cruzille, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.