The Château Pontet Plaisance of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Pontet Plaisance
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 448 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Pontet Plaisance is one of the best wineries to follow in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Pontet Plaisance wines

Looking for the best Château Pontet Plaisance wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Pontet Plaisance 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 Pontet Plaisance wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Pontet Plaisance

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Pontet Plaisance

How Château Pontet Plaisance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, oriental lamb skewers or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Pontet Plaisance

On the nose the red wine of Château Pontet Plaisance. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Pontet Plaisance. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Pontet Plaisance

  • 2000With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1970With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Pontet Plaisance.

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

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Pontet Plaisance and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

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The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.

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