2015 Château Puygueraud Blanc Bordeaux Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note
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When to Drink Chateau Puygueraud, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time
Chateau Puygueraud is much better with at least 2-4 years of aging in good vintages. Young vintages can be decanted for 1 hour. This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume.
Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment. Chateau Puygueraud offers its best drinking and should reach peak maturity between 3-12 years of age after the vintage.
Serving Chateau Puygueraud with Wine, Food, Pairing Tips
Chateau Puygueraud is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau Puygueraud Rouge is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Puygueraud is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
The white Bordeaux wine of Chateau Puygueraud is perfectly served with all types of seafood, shellfish, lobster, crab, sushi, and sashimi, as well as cheese courses.
Chateau Puygueraud Blanc
In 2013, the estate began production of their white Bordeaux wine, Puygueraud Blanc. The wine is produced from a 4-hectare parcel of vines planted in 1997 in a slightly cooler, microclimate.
You also find more limestone in the soil in this part of the vineyard. The white wine grapes are planted to a mix of 55% Sauvignon Gris and 45% Sauvignon Blanc, representing the highest percentage of Sauvignon Gris used in Bordeaux. The wine is barrel fermented. There is no malolactic fermentation or skin contact.
As with many of the properties where the team of Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt manage the vineyards and the winemaking, they use the Vistalys system of laser optical sorting. This practice started with the 2009 vintage.
Nicolas Thienpont also owns Chateau La Prade and Chateau Les Charmes Godard which are both also located in the Cotes de Francs appellation that is better known for its wine Bordeaux wine, made from a blend of 70% Semillon, 15% Sauvignon Blanc and 15% Muscadelle.
Chateau Puygueraud is an outstanding value-priced Bordeaux wine with character that has the ability to age a develop for a few years.