The Vieux Château Pelletan of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Vieux Château Pelletan - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Vignobles Magnaudeix.
It is ranked in the top 268 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Vieux Château Pelletan is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Vieux Château Pelletan wines

Looking for the best Vieux Château Pelletan wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Vieux Château Pelletan 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 Vieux Château Pelletan wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Vieux Château Pelletan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Vieux Château Pelletan

How Vieux Château Pelletan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lamb keftas or rabbit with hunter's sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Vieux Château Pelletan

On the nose the red wine of Vieux Château Pelletan. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blueberry and sometimes also flavors of pepper, black fruits or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Vieux Château Pelletan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Vieux Château Pelletan

  • 2007With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Picolit blanc

A very old grape variety, probably already known to the Romans, and most certainly of Italian origin, from Friuli to be precise. The Hungarian Keknyelu is said to be the same variety, but this remains to be confirmed. It is almost unknown in France and even in the wine world, perhaps because of its low production and its sensitivity to various diseases. It should be noted that it is not related to the black picolit.

News about Vieux Château Pelletan and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

In November of 2021, Spain’s DO Penedès announced a massive overhaul of their bylaws with many changes aimed at re-orienting the region via a “10-year plan”. One of the key aspects was a new classification system for the estates of the region called, “Vi de Mas”, the first five of which have just been certified. While most wine regions looking to implement a system use the so-called “Burgundian Pyramid” as a structure, Penedès took a different approach that merged some of the Burgundian sy ...

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

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