Château la Bastide - l’Optimée

Château la Bastidel’Optimée

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The l’Optimée of Château la Bastide is a red wine from the region of Corbières Boutenac of Languedoc-Roussillon.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.

Taste structure of the l’Optimée from the Château la Bastide

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the l’Optimée of Château la Bastide in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

tobacco, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

licorice

On the nose the l’Optimée of Château la Bastide in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of tobacco, licorice or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Château la Bastide's l’Optimée.

Winemaker
Guilhem Durand
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.7°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Bachet

Bachet noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Aube). 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. Bachet noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

l’Optimée - 2015
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
l’Optimée - 2013
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 411110
l’Optimée - 2012
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
l’Optimée - 2011
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
l’Optimée - 2010
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
l’Optimée - 2009
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
l’Optimée - 2008
In the top 100 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
Average rating: 2.7110.500

The best vintages of l’Optimée from Château la Bastide are 2013, 2007, 2002, 2012 and 2015.

Informations about the Château la Bastide

The winery offers 25 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Corbières Boutenac in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Château la Bastide is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Corbières Boutenac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 20000 of of France wines
In the top 1500 of of Corbières Boutenac wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

The wine region of Corbières Boutenac

The wine region of Corbières Boutenac is located in the region of Corbières of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de Villemajou or the Château Ollieux Romanis produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Corbières Boutenac are Mourvèdre, Marsanne and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Corbières Boutenac often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, licorice or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of game, dried fruit or cream.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Virile

Said of a robust, full-bodied wine and, in general, of wines reputed to be powerful in reference to masculine virility.

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