Château Hostens-PicantPlanéte Rouge
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
The Planéte Rouge of the Château Hostens-Picant is in the top 30 of wines of Bordeaux.
Taste structure of the Planéte Rouge from the Château Hostens-Picant
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Planéte Rouge of Château Hostens-Picant in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Planéte Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Planéte Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Planéte Rouge
The Planéte Rouge of Château Hostens-Picant matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, veal cutlets with cream sauce or prime rib with chervil butter.
Details and technical informations about Château Hostens-Picant's Planéte Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Couderc 13
A direct producer hybrid obtained by Georges Couderc by crossing Vitis Lincecumii (Buckley) with 162-5 Couderc, the latter having 3/4 blood of Vinifera-Rupestris. Today, like most hybrids, it has practically disappeared. It can still be found in a mixture in very old vineyards, the photographs below were taken in the Ardèche, on the border with the Gard, north of Saint Ambroix.
Informations about the Château Hostens-Picant
The Château Hostens-Picant is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Alcooleux
Said of a wine dominated by the presence of alcohol.
