Winery Calmel & JosephLes Cuvées Rares La Ruffe
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe of Winery Calmel & Joseph in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of earthy, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe
Original food and wine pairings with Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe
The Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe of Winery Calmel & Joseph matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, lamb chops with figs and honey or navarin of lamb.
Details and technical informations about Winery Calmel & Joseph's Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe.
Discover the grape variety: Abondant
Abondant blanc is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 large bunches and large grapes. The Abondant blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Cuvées Rares La Ruffe from Winery Calmel & Joseph are 2016, 2013, 2015, 2014
Informations about the Winery Calmel & Joseph
The Winery Calmel & Joseph is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 94 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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".
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Cuvée prestige (champagne)
Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.
