The Château La Hitte of Gascogne of South West

Château La Hitte - Buzet
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Les Vignerons de Buzet.
It is ranked in the top 69 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gascogne in the region of South West

The Château La Hitte is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Hitte wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Hitte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Hitte

How Château La Hitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pork shoulder with mustard, leg of lamb brissac (leftover leg of lamb) or basque piperade.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Hitte

On the nose the red wine of Château La Hitte. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Hitte

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Gascogne

Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.

The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.

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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.

News about Château La Hitte and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’

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Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Laggan Bay whisky distillery to open on Islay

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The word of the wine: Decanting

Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.

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