The Château Vircoulon of Bordeaux

Château Vircoulon - Bordeaux Blanc
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 4988 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château Vircoulon is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Vircoulon wines

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

The top white wines of Château Vircoulon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Vircoulon

How Château Vircoulon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of tagliatelle with carbonara, goat cheese and bacon quiche or hawaiian pizza.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Vircoulon

On the nose the white wine of Château Vircoulon. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, pear or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Château Vircoulon. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Vircoulon

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

The top pink wines of Château Vircoulon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Vircoulon

How Château Vircoulon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or country cabbage.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Vircoulon

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top red wines of Château Vircoulon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Vircoulon

How Château Vircoulon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, mouse of lamb with thyme or stuffed rabbit in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Vircoulon

On the nose the red wine of Château Vircoulon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or black currant and sometimes also flavors of cassis, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Vircoulon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Vircoulon

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.33/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Bracket

Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Vircoulon

Planning a wine route in the of Bordeaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Vircoulon.

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 Château Vircoulon and wines from the region

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

France expects bigger 2022 wine harvest but drought is a concern

France’s 2022 wine harvest is likely to be between 42.6 million and 45.6m hectolitres, up by 13% to 21% on the frost-hit 2021 vintage and more in-line with the country’s five-year average. One hectolitre is equivalent to 100 litres. Yet drought could impact on yields in the coming weeks, adding extra uncertainty in several regions, said the French agriculture ministry’s Agreste statistics unit. Expected vintage quality isn’t covered by the preliminary outlook. It added the 2022 growing season is ...

The word of the wine: Bracket

Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.