The best wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

Discover the best wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon as well as the best winemakers of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois and estates of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois by region

Looking for a good wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

Red wines from the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, chinese noodles with shrimp or veal with cream and mushrooms.

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

  • Muscat Noir

Discovering the wine region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois is a Sweet, fortified, natural wine appellation from the Languedoc wine region in Southern France. The wines are based on the Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains Grape variety. Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois wines are produced using a traditional sweet winemaking process called Mutage, which involves adding Alcohol to the grape must to prematurely stop the Yeast">yeast and thus the Fermentation process. They generally have a residual sugar content of about 125 grams per litre and an alcohol content of about 15%.

They are among the most Expressive of the Muscats du Languedoc, with sweet, honeyed aromas of citrus and Central-ranges/orange">Orange blossom. The appellation takes its name from Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, a village at the southern end of the Massif Central, the low mountain range of south-central France. It dominates the vineyards of the very different Minervois appellation to the south. Because of the slightly higher altitude (200 metres), the climate is cooler than in many other wine regions of the Languedoc, allowing the Muscat grapes to stay on the vine longer.

Great white wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

White wines from the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), nanie's diced ham quiche or eggs in meurette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

On the nose the white wine of the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or marmalade. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

  • Muscat Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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    Discover the grape variety: Moscato

    Great sparkling wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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    Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    Sparkling wines from the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

    The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    • Muscatel

    The word of the wine: Methuselah

    Bottle with a capacity of 6 litres (synonymous with imperial).

    Great sweet wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    Sweet wines from the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta shells or express cherry clafoutis.

    The best vintages in sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
    • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    • Muscat Blanc

    The word of the wine: Maccabeo

    See macabeu.

    Great natural sweet wines of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

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    Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    Natural sweet wines from the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of carry camaron (gambas) from reunion or brownies with nuts.

    Organoleptic analysis of natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    On the nose the natural sweet wine of the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, floral or melon and sometimes also flavors of citrus, cream or orange.

    The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    • 2000With an average score of 4.40/5
    • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
    • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
    • 2010With an average score of 4.03/5
    • 2011With an average score of 4.01/5
    • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

    The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    • Muscat Blanc
    • Moscato

    The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois

    A wine route planned in the region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois.

    Discover the grape variety: White muscat

    White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

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