Le Petit ChâteauLe Portillon
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Le Petit Château's Le Portillon.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot noir
Supple, rounded reds with a deep ruby robe, velvety tannins and a generous palate, with signature aromas of ripe cherry, plum and blackberry, soft spices, cocoa and toasty oak notes. Age-worthy. Emblematic pillar of Pomerol and Saint-Émilion, most planted red variety in France. Official synonym of Merlot, natural cross Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire des Charentes.
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Le Petit Château
The Le Petit Château is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 67 wines for sale in the of Neuchâtel to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Neuchâtel
Swiss vineyard on the western shore of the lake, 606 ha in the Three Lakes region. Signature Pinot Noir (55% of the vineyard, the local prince): fine, fresh reds with notes of cherry, raspberry, undergrowth and sweet spices, silky tannins. Specialty invented here: Œil-de-Perdrix, a delicate Pinot Noir rosé with salmon hues. Lively, mineral Chasselas (citrus, flint) in white, including the identity-marking Non-Filtré primeur.
The word of the wine: Varietal wine
Name given to the local wine (IGP), produced from a single grape variety that gives the wine its characteristics of structure and aroma. The Languedoc is the leading producer of this type of wine, from most of the major French grape varieties.
