| Listrac-Médoc AOC |
Description to Listrac-Médoc AOC
One of the six communes (alongside Margaux, Moulis, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien) within the French Haut-Médoc region (Bordeaux) that are appellations in their own right and are authorised to bear the commune name on the bottle label. The vineyards cover 640 hectares of vines. The name Listrac was added to Médoc in 1986 to avoid confusion with the similar-sounding Lirac area in the Rhône Valley. The area between Margaux and Saint-Julien lies a little further back from the Gironde and has heavier soils.
Wine estates
There are none of the 61 châteaux here that were included in the Grand Cru list when Bordeaux was classified in 1855. Just under 30 wine estates are classified as Cru Bourgeois and a dozen as Cru Artisan. The red wines in the typical Bordeaux blend(rive gauche) of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot are developing somewhat faster than in other communes. Well-known wine estates include Château Clarke, Château Fonréaud, Château Fourcas-Dupré, Château Fourcas-Hosten and Château Peyre-Lebade.
Map: By Domenico-de-ga from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Modifications from the original by Norbert F. J. Tischelmayer 2017
Recent wines 9
Château Donissan
— Bordeaux
2019 Listrac-Médoc AOC Cru Bourgeois
13.40 €
Château Lalande
— Bordeaux
2021 Listrac-Médoc AOC Cru Bourgeois
9.50 €
Château Lestage
— Bordeaux
2019 Listrac-Médoc AOC Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
18.00 €
The most important grape varieties
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