1. Where is the Pecharmant Wine Produced?

2. What is defined as “Pecharmant” Wine?

3. Where does the Name “Pecharmant” come From? 

The name Pecharmant comes from the combination of two French words: Pech (hill), and Charmant (charming), and translates to “the Charming Hill”.

The name describes the green, pictoresque and flatty hills where the fine varieties of Pecharmant wines are produced.

4. Which Types of Grapes

are Used to Craft the Pecharmant Wine?

The harmonious Blend that forms the Pécharmant wine is composed of four grape varieties:

• Cabernet Franc,
• Cabernet Sauvignon,
• Malbec
• Merlot

Thanks to the strong and recognizable character of these four kinds of grape varieties, the Pecharmant blend gets its full-bodied taste, and its dark-ruby color.

All Pécharmant AOC wines, to be certified as such, must be blends by law.

Also, no single grape variety may exceed 65% of the finished wine.

The vast majority of Pecharmant wines are dominated by Merlot, but still there’s a great variety from chateaux to chateaux and also within each winery’s selection.

In total, in the Pécharmant region there are around 50 producers only, of which very few large enough to produce bottles for export!

5. How the Pécharmant Wine Taste

and With Which Food You Should Pair It?

Intense, seductive, elegant, powerful and aromatic.

The Pécharmant wine is a full-bodied wine which gets better with age, best to be enjoyed between four and ten years old.

The taste is bold and mouth-filling, tannic with fruity aromas: a dense red wine to accompany hefty, savory and flavourful meals.

The best food pairs for a bottle of Pècharmant are therefore game, steak, charcuterie, duck, red meat and aged cheeses.

For sure, the Pécharmant is not a wine to be enjoyed lightly! ;D

Once poured in the glass, the local producers suggest to wait couple of minutes and “let it breath” before enjoying its full potential. In this way, you’ll be able to smell all notes of this fantastic wine, such as ripe blackberries, black cherries, and plums to name a few 🙂 

In conclusion, whether your planning an important multi-course dinner, a special BBQ-night with friends or you just feel to enjoy a mouthful of precious wine, the Pécharmant is a blend that you might want to consider! 😉

6. Conclusion

And here we are beautiful people! 😀

In this article we have seen what is the Pécharmant wine, where it comes from and why it attracted such a strong degree of international visibility by storm, after one of its varieties, the Quintessence from the Chateau Beauportail, won the gold medal in the London LWC wine competition.

A millenial tradition, an incredibly layered soil, gently south-faced sloping hills, a low yearly yield and a solid full-bodied seductive taste, all contribute to make the Pécharmant wine a precious wine of which I am sure we will hear a lot more talking in the future!

Before going, I would like to ask you what do you think about French Wines? Which is your Favourite? Have you ever had the luck to try the Pécharmant wine before?

Let me know in the comments below! 🙂

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As always, I thank you for reading,

and see you in the next article! 😀