The Cave Rabelais is one of the best wineries to follow in Languedoc-Roussillon.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Cave Rabelais wines in Languedoc-Roussillon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Rabelais wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Cave Rabelais wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Cave Rabelais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of marco's pasta with bacon, quiche without pastry or beetroot and cream cheese verrines.
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 typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.
How Cave Rabelais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, blue cheese or aperitif such as recipes of penne with chicken, mushrooms and comté, zucchini soup with blue cheese or chorizo puff pastry.
Courbu noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and small grapes. The Courbu noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.
How Cave Rabelais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta with 4 cheese sauce, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or korean bibimbap.
Wine disease resulting in a whitish haze and a vented taste.
How Cave Rabelais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or beef such as recipes of phad thai (thai style fried noodles), grandma's cherry clafoutis or alsatian bäckeoffe.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
How Cave Rabelais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta with puttanesca sauce or express cherry clafoutis.
Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.
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Very old Burgundian grape variety. According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a natural cross between Pinot and Gouais, which are the same parents of Gamay. Melon can be found in Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria, ... in France it is nowadays mostly multiplied in the Loire Valley, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
