Domaine de Besombes Singla - Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes

Domaine de Besombes SinglaChateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes of Domaine de Besombes Singla is a sweet wine from the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, caramel

On the nose the Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes of Domaine de Besombes Singla in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, dried fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes

Pairings that work perfectly with Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes

Original food and wine pairings with Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes

The Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes of Domaine de Besombes Singla matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew or magic wrap with steak and cheese.

Details and technical informations about Domaine de Besombes Singla's Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes - 1949
In the top 100 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes - 1945
In the top 100 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Chateau Saint Michel Rivesaltes from Domaine de Besombes Singla are 1945, 1949

Informations about the Domaine de Besombes Singla

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rivesaltes in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Domaine de Besombes Singla is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 5000 of of France wines
In the top 200 of of Rivesaltes wines
In the top 650 of sweet wines
In the top 25000 wines of the world

The wine region of Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.


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: Prompt bud

A bud that develops in the year of its formation and gives an entrecoeur.

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