Winery Alliance MinervoisCuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière
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.
The Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière of the Winery Alliance Minervois is in the top 20 of wines of Minervois La Livinière.
Taste structure of the Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière from the Winery Alliance Minervois
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière of Winery Alliance Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière
The Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière of Winery Alliance Minervois matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, macaroni and angel hair gratin or osso buco.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alliance Minervois's Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière.
Discover the grape variety: La Crescent
A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Gaïa Minervois La Livinière from Winery Alliance Minervois are 2009, 2015, 2005, 2011
Informations about the Winery Alliance Minervois
The Winery Alliance Minervois is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Minervois La Livinière to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois La Livinière
The wine region of Minervois La Livinière is located in the region of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gérard Bertrand or the Domaine Gérard Bertrand produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Minervois La Livinière are Mourvèdre, Cabernet franc and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Minervois La Livinière often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, toasty or cedar and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, mushroom or dark chocolate.
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: Varietal
Said of wine aromas that are reminiscent of fresh grapes. The most demonstrative example is certainly that of wines made from the Muscat grape variety.
