Winery Bernard GauthierTrès Vieux Pineau des Charentes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Très Vieux Pineau des Charentes of the Winery Bernard Gauthier is in the top 90 of wines of Pineau des Charentes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bernard Gauthier's Très Vieux Pineau des Charentes.
Discover the grape variety: Barbera blanche
An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in the Italian Piedmont, now less and less planted, and practically unknown in France as in all other wine-producing countries. Note that it is not related to Barbera Nero.
Informations about the Winery Bernard Gauthier
The Winery Bernard Gauthier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Pineau des Charentes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pineau des Charentes
Pineau des Charentes is a Sweet and reasonably strong "Vin de Liqueur" from the Charente (Cognac) region of western France. It is made by adding Cognac brandy from the previous year's distillation (or earlier) to fresh Grape must from the current Vintage. By law, the must must be freshly harvested and, although it may have undergone partial Fermentation, its sugar content at the time of "Mutage" (when the brandy is added) must be greater than 170 g per litre. The Cognac itself must have an Alcohol content of at least 60 % and must have been kept in casks before being used.
The wine region of Cognac
Cognac is the most famous brandy in the world, more famous even than its OldGascon cousin, Armagnac. It comes from the Charentais, a vast region of western France immediately North of Bordeaux, and takes its name from the historic town of Cognac - the long-standing epicentre of local brandy production. In French, cognac is technically classified as an eau-de-vie de vin - a category that covers all spirits distilled from wine. The Full and official name of the brandy is actually "Eau-de-Vie de Cognac" or "Eau-de-Vie des Charentes", but the Short version has become so common that these longer versions almost never appear on labels.
The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
