Château Grand-Puy DucassePrelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 5 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec, the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac of the Château Grand-Puy Ducasse is in the top 60 of wines of Pauillac.
Taste structure of the Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac from the Château Grand-Puy Ducasse
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac of Château Grand-Puy Ducasse in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac of Château Grand-Puy Ducasse in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or cheese and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, graphite or cedar.
Food and wine pairings with Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac
Pairings that work perfectly with Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac
Original food and wine pairings with Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac
The Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac of Château Grand-Puy Ducasse matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, lamb curry with coconut milk or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.
Details and technical informations about Château Grand-Puy Ducasse's Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Prelude a Grand-Puy Ducasse Pauillac from Château Grand-Puy Ducasse are 1998, 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2005.
Informations about the Château Grand-Puy Ducasse
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The wine region of Pauillac
The wine region of Pauillac is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Latour or the Château Lafite Rothschild produce mainly wines red, pink and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pauillac are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pauillac often reveals types of flavors of iron, milk chocolate or apricot and sometimes also flavors of coconut, toasted bread or tomatoes.
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.
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