Château Milhau Lacugue - Les Truffières Saint-Chinian

Château Milhau LacugueLes Truffières Saint-Chinian

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Les Truffières Saint-Chinian of Château Milhau Lacugue is a red wine from the region of Saint-Chinian of Languedoc-Roussillon.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.

Taste structure of the Les Truffières Saint-Chinian from the Château Milhau Lacugue

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Truffières Saint-Chinian of Château Milhau Lacugue in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Les Truffières Saint-Chinian of Château Milhau Lacugue in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of smoke, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Château Milhau Lacugue's Les Truffières Saint-Chinian.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Divico

Interspecific cross between gamaret and bronner obtained in 1997 by Jean-Laurent Spring at the Agroscope Research Station in Pully (Switzerland). It should be noted that the divona is issued from the same cross.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Truffières Saint-Chinian - 2014
In the top 100 of of Saint-Chinian wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Les Truffières Saint-Chinian - 2013
In the top 100 of of Saint-Chinian wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Les Truffières Saint-Chinian - 2012
In the top 100 of of Saint-Chinian wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Les Truffières Saint-Chinian - 2010
In the top 100 of of Saint-Chinian wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Les Truffières Saint-Chinian - 2008
In the top 100 of of Saint-Chinian wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Les Truffières Saint-Chinian from Château Milhau Lacugue are 2014, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2010.

Informations about the Château Milhau Lacugue

The winery offers 21 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Saint-Chinian in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Château Milhau Lacugue is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Saint-Chinian to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 25000 of of France wines
In the top 2500 of of Saint-Chinian wines
In the top 60000 of red wines
In the top 95000 wines of the world

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 wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Licking

Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.

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