Winery Abbotts & DelaunayÀ tire d'Aile Minervois
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the À tire d'Aile Minervois from the Winery Abbotts & Delaunay
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the À tire d'Aile Minervois of Winery Abbotts & Delaunay in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the À tire d'Aile Minervois of Winery Abbotts & Delaunay in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with À tire d'Aile Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with À tire d'Aile Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with À tire d'Aile Minervois
The À tire d'Aile Minervois of Winery Abbotts & Delaunay matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of boles de picolat (catalan meatballs), gratin of coquillettes with ham or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).
Details and technical informations about Winery Abbotts & Delaunay's À tire d'Aile Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Picolit noir
A very old grape variety, which almost disappeared, cultivated for a very long time in the north-east of Italy, more precisely in the region of Friuli bordering with Aurelia and Slovenia. It can be found in Italy, but also in Spain, ... in France it is completely unknown. Note that it is not related to the white picolit.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of À tire d'Aile Minervois from Winery Abbotts & Delaunay are 2015, 2017, 2016
Informations about the Winery Abbotts & Delaunay
The Winery Abbotts & Delaunay is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 61 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois
Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Burgundy melon
A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.
