Discover the top 100 best red wines of Minervois of Minervois as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Minervois and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Mediterranean Languedoc reds (84% of output) north of the Canal du Midi. Signature Syrah with notes of blackberry, violet, black pepper and garrigue, blended with dense Mourvèdre, sunny Grenache (candied red fruits, spices) and old-vine Carignan (black fruits, dry herbs, firm tannins). Fleshy palate, freshness at altitude. Minervois-La Livinière cru at the top (1999), dense and age-worthy.
Also fresh rosés and minority whites. 4,400 ha of limestone, schist and sandstone soils.
A world-famous table grape with long bunches, golden thin-skinned berries and juicy muscat flesh, with signature aromas of muscat, citrus and white stone fruit. Occasionally vinified as simple aromatic off-dry whites. Early-ripening and productive. One of the most widely grown table grapes in the world, massively exported from Italy, Spain, the Maghreb and South America. Italian white variety obtained in 1911 by Alberto Pirovano in Rome (bicane × muscat of Hamburg).
red wines from the region of Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pasta such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, duck breast with red fruits or pistou soup complete.
On the nose in the region of Minervois often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, vanilla or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of plum, leather or chocolate. In the mouth in the region of Minervois is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
