Haut-Médoc wines awarded at the Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge

A.O.C./A.O.P.

The regional Haut-Médoc appellation forms the southern part of the Medoc peninsula. It covers fifteen towns and villages from Blanquefort in the south as far as Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne in the north, including the communal appellations Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Moulis, Listrac-Médoc and Margaux. Dotted throughout the region are the star-studded châteaux producing some of the world’s greatest wines. The region is home to five classed growths, hundreds of Bourgeois growths producing some of Bordeaux’s finest wines and five co-operative wineries. The soil make-up comprises gravel from the Quaternary era, deposited by the Garonne and shaped into outcrops.

Grape varieties: Vins rouges : Cabernet-sauvignon, Cabernet franc, merlot, malbec, petit verdot, carmenère

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Château Croix du Trale
2017
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château de Cartujac
Vintage 2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Peyrabon
2016
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Peyrabon
2017
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Muret
2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château la Chicane
2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château La Dame Blanche
2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Fontesteau
Vintage 2017
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château la Tanière
2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Portal
2019
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Cap l'Ousteau
2016
Haut-Médoc Red wine
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Château Constant Lesquireau
2019
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Fontesteau
Vintage 2013
Haut-Médoc Red wine
Château Holden
Vintage 2018
Haut-Médoc Red wine

The temperate climate is strongly defined by the Atlantic and the nearby estuary. The wines are made traditionally at controlled temperatures and subsequently aged in oak for 12 to 18 months.

The wines of this appellation

Blended from Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere, the wines are elegant, with great finesse and a layered bouquet. They are reasonably robust and perfectly suited to laying down. They conjure up aromas of ripe red fruit, notes of roasted coffee, mild spices (liquorice, vanilla…) and sweet pepper, sometimes prune. They pair well with Normandy-style veal cutlets, roast meats or game. Classed growths: Château La Lagune (3rd growth), Château La Tour Carnet (4th growth), Château Camensac, Château Cantemerle and Château Belgrave (all three 5th growths).