Winery Benjamin DarnaultMuscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc of Winery Benjamin Darnault in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of pear, raisin or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc
Pairings that work perfectly with Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc
Original food and wine pairings with Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc
The Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc of Winery Benjamin Darnault matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of chicken with rice and curry cream or chocolate mousse.
Details and technical informations about Winery Benjamin Darnault's Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc.
Discover the grape variety: Mérille
Originally from the Tarn-et-Garonne, the merille is a member of the cotoïdes family. It has long occupied the vineyards of Bergerac. It is often planted with négrette N or côt N. Nowadays, it is only grown on a hundred hectares in all. The young leaves of the Merille are heart-shaped. Its bunches are larger than average. The berries are bluish-black in colour and are also large and tightly packed. Merillas are associated with a regular and high production. It is often exposed to attacks by grape worms, leafhoppers and mites. It also fears grey rot but is not very sensitive to powdery mildew and mildew. This variety has 3 approved clones, not yet multiplied, namely 790, 445 and 444. It does not like soils with excessive humidity. It buds early and ripens later. Merille produces a light, not very aromatic, flat and simple wine.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois Domaine De Montahuc from Winery Benjamin Darnault are 2014, 2015, 2013, 2011
Informations about the Winery Benjamin Darnault
The Winery Benjamin Darnault is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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%.
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: Size (champagne)
Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.
