Château Simian - Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château SimianLes Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Château Simian is a red wine from the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or lamb.

Taste structure of the Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Château Simian

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Château Simian in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Château Simian in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or jam and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.

Food and wine pairings with Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Pairings that work perfectly with Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Original food and wine pairings with Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Château Simian matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with..., pork roll with mustard or spanish omelette.

Details and technical informations about Château Simian's Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Babic

This is an old indigenous variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Croatia, especially in central and southern Dalmatia. It can also be found in Hungary, in the former Yugoslavia to which Croatia belonged... in France it is almost unknown. It should be noted that it would be related with the dobricic and thus also with the plavac mali its son. Babic should not be confused with babica crni, another Croatian black grape variety.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2010
In the top 100 of of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2009
In the top 100 of of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2007
In the top 100 of of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Les Grandes Grenachières d'Hippolyte Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Château Simian are 2009, 2007, 2010

Informations about the Château Simian

The winery offers 23 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 Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Simian is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rhone Valley
In the top 3500 of of France wines
In the top 250 of of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines
In the top 15000 of red wines
In the top 15000 wines of the world

The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.


The wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

News related to this wine

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The word of the wine: Barrel

Bordeaux barrel of 225 litres, used to determine the tonneau (unit of measurement corresponding to four barrels, or 900 litres).

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