Winery Alliance MinervoisLe Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Le Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale
Original food and wine pairings with Le Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale
The Le Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale of Winery Alliance Minervois matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, tagliatelle with carbonara or venison bourguignon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alliance Minervois's Le Mas de Lignières Cuvée Speciale.
Discover the grape variety: Italia Rubi
Table grape with long bunches and elongated red-violet berries, thin skin and muscat-flavoured flesh, sweet and aromatic taste. Rarely vinified. Grown for fresh consumption in Italy, Spain, the Maghreb and South America, appreciated for its attractive appearance and muscat flavour in mass retail. Italian black table grape variety, a red-violet skin mutation of the Italia grape.
Informations about the Winery Alliance Minervois
The Winery Alliance Minervois is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois
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.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
