The Château Plain Point of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Plain Point
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 688 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Plain Point is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Plain Point wines

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

The top red wines of Château Plain Point

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Plain Point

How Château Plain Point wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika) or prime rib with chervil butter.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Plain Point

On the nose the red wine of Château Plain Point. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blueberry or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of leather, black fruits or dark fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Plain Point. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Plain Point

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Plain Point.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

The top white wines of Château Plain Point

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Plain Point

How Château Plain Point wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, quiche without eggs or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Château Plain Point

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Plain Point

How Château Plain Point wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Plain Point

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5

The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Plain Point

Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Plain Point.

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 Plain Point and wines from the region

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this two-and-a-half-minute clip, Yvy NG describes the unique subsoil that Chablis is so proud of. ...

The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.