The Château Hermitage Saint-Martin is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Hermitage Saint-Martin wines in Côtes de Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Hermitage Saint-Martin 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 Hermitage Saint-Martin wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Hermitage Saint-Martin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of quick brioche sausage, mussels carbonara or quiche lorraine.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Hermitage Saint-Martin. often reveals types of flavors of cream, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Hermitage Saint-Martin. is a with a nice freshness.
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
This wine is mainly made from the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsaut grapes, as well as the quintessential Provence red Tibouren. Although clearly a minority, the Volume of red wine produced under this title (and elsewhere in Provence) is increasing and currently represents about 15% of the total. Grapes such as the three key Rhone varieties mentioned above and Cabernet Sauvignon (introduced here in the 1960s) are being used by a New wave of winemakers eager to demonstrate that rosé is not the only interesting wine in the region. Only about five percent of Côtes de Provence wines are made from white grapes, particularly Rolle (Vermentino).
How Château Hermitage Saint-Martin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of pan-fried black pudding with apples, duck breast with orange sauce or stuffed squid.
On the nose the white wine of Château Hermitage Saint-Martin. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
How Château Hermitage Saint-Martin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), greek-style shepherd's pie or pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets).
On the nose the red wine of Château Hermitage Saint-Martin. often reveals types of flavors of pepper, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices.
Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.
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Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...
Celebrities from all walks of fame are stepping into the wine world. Sports stars, actors, musicians and TV personalities are all jumping on the wine bandwagon, some owning vineyards and others getting more hands-on in the winemaking itself. This growing trend shows no sign of slowing with recent celebrities to launch their own wines including George Clooney, Gordon Ramsey and Gary Barlow. The Take That star follows in the footsteps of pop singer Kylie Minigue, who launched a successful range of ...
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 ...
Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.
