The Château Planquette of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Planquette
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 592 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Planquette is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Planquette wines

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

The top red wines of Château Planquette

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Planquette

How Château Planquette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef kidney, moroccan veal tagine from hanane or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Planquette

On the nose the red wine of Château Planquette. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, leather or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Château Planquette. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Planquette

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Planquette

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

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.

News about Château Planquette and wines from the region

Penfolds doubles production capacity in France following Château Lanessan acquisition

The deal includes 390ha of land in the Haut-Médoc appellation, of which 80ha is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, along with the winery. It will allow TWE’s flagship brand, Penfolds, to increase its focus on creating blends featuring grapes from Bordeaux and Barossa. Earlier this year, chief winemaker Peter Gago unveiled Penfolds II, a Cabernet-Shiraz-Merlot blend created in partnership with Dourthe Bordeaux. The wine featured 71% grapes grown in Bordeaux and 29 ...

Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...

Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur: first impressions

There’s no doubt that 2021 was a challenging vintage. Most explanatory statements or technical sheets handed out over the past few weeks have mentioned the unfavourable, oft disastrous weather conditions, the sometimes very low and disheartening yields and the slightly varied or unusual blends on offer in 2021. Difficulties faced by vignerons both inside and outside of the cellar have been explained in detail as has the raft of highly important decisions needed be made throughout the year, ...

The word of the wine: Late harvest

A name historically used in Alsace, late harvest refers to grapes harvested during over-ripening for the production of sweet and syrupy wines.