The Château Picon is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux Supérieur.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Picon wines in Bordeaux Supérieur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Picon 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 Picon wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Picon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, veal paupiettes with forestry sauce or stuffed rabbit in the oven.
On the nose the red wine of Château Picon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Château Picon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Quality expression of generic Bordeaux: more concentrated, structured reds suited to 3-7 years' ageing, dominated by round Merlot (plum, black fruits), with firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar), Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for the tannic frame. Stricter rules: higher planting density, limited yields, higher alcohol, longer ageing (often 12 months). Across the whole Gironde. Affordable yet serious Bordeaux, perfect at the table.
How Château Picon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pot-au-feu, lamb garam massala or turkey stuffed with chestnuts.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
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Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
