Château Puy CasteraL’Orchidée d’Alix
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with L’Orchidée d’Alix
Pairings that work perfectly with L’Orchidée d’Alix
Original food and wine pairings with L’Orchidée d’Alix
The L’Orchidée d’Alix of Château Puy Castera matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of zarzuela mayonapo, vegan leek and tofu quiche or turkey cutlets with feta and cherry tomatoes.
Details and technical informations about Château Puy Castera's L’Orchidée d’Alix.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
Informations about the Château Puy Castera
The Château Puy Castera is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
The word of the wine: Grand Cru
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
