Château Milhau LacugueLes Truffières Saint-Chinian
Red wine
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.
Food and wine pairings with Les Truffières Saint-Chinian
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Truffières Saint-Chinian
Original food and wine pairings with Les Truffières Saint-Chinian
The Les Truffières Saint-Chinian of Château Milhau Lacugue matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of baked marrow bones, rigatoni with courgettes and tomatoes or veal grenadin with balsamic vinegar and honey.
Details and technical informations about Château Milhau Lacugue's Les Truffières Saint-Chinian.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Last vintages of this wine
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 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.
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.
The word of the wine: Wine vinegar
Product of acetic fermentation of wine.
