Château Souaillon - Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc

Château SouaillonPurpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc of Château Souaillon is a red wine from the region of Neuchâtel.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Details and technical informations about Château Souaillon's Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc - 2011
In the top 100 of of Neuchâtel wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc - 2008
In the top 100 of of Neuchâtel wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Purpuratus Merlot - Cabernet Franc from Château Souaillon are 2008, 2011

Informations about the Château Souaillon

The winery offers 8 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Neuchâtel

The Château Souaillon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Neuchâtel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Neuchâtel
In the top 20000 of of Switzerland wines
In the top 1500 of of Neuchâtel wines
In the top 450000 of red wines
In the top 850000 wines of the world

The wine region of Neuchâtel

Neuchatel is one of the smaller wine regions of Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western half of the country, North of the much larger Vaud area. Much like its neighbour, Chasselas dominates white plantings here, however Pinot Noir is more significant here, as is the reputation of Neuchatel's rosés. The region is generally referred to as the 'Three Lakes' as the region - and the four AOCs within it - are found on the relatively low-lying, flatter land, centered around the lakes of Morat, Bienne and Neuchatel. The region also covers three neighbouring Swiss cantons.

News related to this wine

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Lugny

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Lugny, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Rully 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 Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Aging

Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.

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