Winery Abbotts & DelaunayRéserve 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 Réserve Minervois from the Winery Abbotts & Delaunay
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Réserve 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 Réserve Minervois of Winery Abbotts & Delaunay in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of earthy, chocolate or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Minervois
The Réserve Minervois of Winery Abbotts & Delaunay matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of boeuf en daube, pasta "carbonara" à la française or locro criollo (argentina).
Details and technical informations about Winery Abbotts & Delaunay's Réserve Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Oseleta
A very old grape variety grown in Italy that almost disappeared because it is a small producer. In France, it is almost unknown. Oseleta is said to be related to corvina, rondinella, garganega, etc. It should not be confused, on the one hand, with the table grape osella - an interspecific cross of German origin - and, on the other hand, with osel(l)a another Italian wine grape variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Réserve Minervois from Winery Abbotts & Delaunay are 2007, 2012, 2015, 2011 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Abbotts & Delaunay
The Winery Abbotts & Delaunay is one of of the world's greatest 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: Defect
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
