The Château Haut Plantey Declercq of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Haut Plantey Declercq
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1510 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Haut Plantey Declercq is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Haut Plantey Declercq wines

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

The top red wines of Château Haut Plantey Declercq

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Haut Plantey Declercq

How Château Haut Plantey Declercq wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot roast, leg of lamb bravado in the oven or rabbit legs with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Haut Plantey Declercq

On the nose the red wine of Château Haut Plantey Declercq. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Haut Plantey Declercq. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Haut Plantey Declercq

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Haut Plantey Declercq.

  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

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.

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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 Haut Plantey Declercq and wines from the region

Photo Highlights: Decanter Taste With The Experts featuring Médoc Grand Cru Classé 2017

Decanter hosted its first tasting for the monthly event series Taste with the Experts last month at its very own Tasting Suite in London’s Paddington. Host Andy Howard MW guided 12 guests through an exclusive blind tasting of the Médoc Grand Cru Classé 2017, often described as a ‘forgotten vintage’ but one that produced a wonderful array of wines that are already approachable and more than deserve their place on tables and in cellars. The event was a very special evening giving Decan ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Drinking cheap wine need not be a cheap experience’

Annual domestic gas bills in the UK threaten to rival, in craziness, the price of a box of Bordeaux first growths. Those energy costs have sent the price of almost everything else ripping up after them. Is there, um, anything to be said for cheap wine? There is. First, though, we must sip the bitter harvest of alcohol taxes. These are high in the UK and higher still in Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and India; they tend to vary by state in the US and by province in Canada, and in general th ...

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: Spicy

Said of a wine whose taste and aromas are reminiscent of spices.