Château Henri BonnaudLes Terrasses d’Aurdia Palette
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château Henri Bonnaud's Les Terrasses d’Aurdia Palette.
Discover the grape variety: Diolinoir
Intraspecific cross between robin noir and pinot noir obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet of the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil (Switzerland).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Terrasses d’Aurdia Palette from Château Henri Bonnaud are 2015, 2017, 2014, 2013 and 2010.
Informations about the Château Henri Bonnaud
The Château Henri Bonnaud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Palette to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Palette
Palette is a very small appellation in the Provence wine region, located in the far southeast of France. Created in 1948, the appellation covers red, white and rosé wines produced near Aix-en-Provence, a town just North of Marseille. Production is dominated by a single producer, Château Simone, which owns about half of the vineyards covered by the appellation. The rest of the production comes from Château Cremade, Château Henri Bonnaud, Château de Meyreuil and La Badiane.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Oxidation
Alteration of the wine caused by prolonged contact with oxygen and resulting in a coppery colour with brown reflections and the appearance of typical aromas reminiscent of rancid nuts.
