Winery Brard BlanchardLes Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Côt, the Malbec and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Les Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Les Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge
The Les Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge of Winery Brard Blanchard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef in white wine, savoyard pizza (cream base) or rabbit legs with mushrooms.
Details and technical informations about Winery Brard Blanchard's Les Couleurs de Sophie Le Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Informations about the Winery Brard Blanchard
The Winery Brard Blanchard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Charentais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Charentais
The wine region of Charentais is located in the region of Atlantique of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de Garancille or the Domaine de Garancille produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Charentais are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Charentais often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, green apple or butter and sometimes also flavors of floral, fresh cut grass or gooseberry.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
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The word of the wine: Friendly
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