The Château Les Hugues of Saint-Chinian of Languedoc-Roussillon

Château Les Hugues - Saint-Chinian
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 112 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Saint-Chinian in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Château Les Hugues is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Chinian.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Saint-Chinian to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Les Hugues wines

Looking for the best Château Les Hugues wines in Saint-Chinian among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Les Hugues 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 Les Hugues wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Les Hugues

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Les Hugues

How Château Les Hugues wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef with mustard, fish with tamarind or veal grenadin with balsamic vinegar and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Les Hugues

In the mouth the red wine of Château Les Hugues. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Les Hugues

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Chinian

Saint-Chinian is an appellation in the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It is located between Minervois and Faugeres, which produce similar styles of robust red wine from similar grapes and in a similar landscape. It is also adjacent to the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois appellation, which produces Sweet white wines. Therefore, the diversity of the Languedoc region is well demonstrated in this small area.

The AOC Saint-Chinian title was created in 1982, for red and rosé wines only. In 2005, white wines were introduced into the appellation, made from Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne. Carbonically macerated Carignan used to characterize the production of Saint-Chinian, but it is gradually being replaced by more Complex wines produced from Syrah, Grenache and Lladoner Pelut. Similarly, the quantity of white wine is increasing.

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Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Chinian? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Les Hugues.

Discover the grape variety: Varousset

Varousset noir is a grape variety that originated in . This variety is the result of a cross between the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The Varousset noir can be found cultivated in the following vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Les Hugues and wines from the region

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Total sales at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2022 auction reached €2.49m ($2.74m) from 109 ‘pièces‘ of wines from the Burgundy 2021 vintage, said organisers. Held on Sunday 20 March, sales rose by nearly 30% on last year’s auction, which hit €1.9m from 114 pièces of 2020-vintage wines. One pièce is equivalent to 288 bottles. Sales were €1.6m back in 2020, and this year’s record total is more evidence of Burgundy’s strong momentum on the fine wine market. It also suggests the annua ...

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The word of the wine: Melchior

Bottle with a capacity of 18 litres.

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