Vin de France "Planquette" 2021 - Domaine Planquette

Vin de France "Planquette" - Domaine Planquette

Red wine obtained from the classic Bordeaux blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. the grapes come from vines with an average age of 40 years located on clayey-calcareous soils. The harvest is manual. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and 30 days maceration on the skins. Aging in barriques for 12 months. No clarification and only a mild laxation before bottling. The "Planquette" Vin de France is an intense ruby ​​red color. The nose is red fruit, with hints of raspberry, and cherry, enriched with notes of tobacco, leather and mocha. In the mouth it is warm, full-bodied and powerful, with well-presented tannins and a long and pleasant persistence.

Service

It is advisable to taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in Tulip glasses. Wine to drink immediately but will give its best in a few years.

Pairing

Fantastic to combine with elaborate pasta dishes, stuffed pasta, meat preparations, to try with pork fillet in pistachio crust.

Cellar: Château Planquette

Château Planquette is located in Saint-Yzans and Couquèques, in the northernmost part of the Médoc, one of the areas of the Bordeaux wine region. Surely Château Planquette is an atypical winery around here, because it is difficult to find artisanal productions in these latitudes. The Château is managed by Didier Michaud who bought a couple of parcels in 1981, and began to cultivate the vine. Its vineyards of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot, extend for about 1.70 hectares on clayey-calcareous soils, well drained, considering that this part of the Medoc was once a swamp that was reclaimed. Didier Michaud practices a clean viticulture of biological type, and in the cellar does not use any type of oenological additive, fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, and the wine before bottling is not clarified and is filtered only coarsely. Didier Michaud produces only one wine named after his Château, Planquette. A sublime wine, with a powerful tannic grain, fascinating in its spicy and leathery tones. An authentic Bordeaux.