Château Canet - Vignobles Canet Minervois
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the Minervois from the Château Canet - Vignobles Canet
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Light
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Bold
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Smooth
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Tannic
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Dry
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Soft
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In the mouth the Minervois of Château Canet - Vignobles Canet in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Minervois of Château Canet - Vignobles Canet in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, red fruit or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of plum, black currant or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with Minervois
The Minervois of Château Canet - Vignobles Canet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, pasta with boursin or grenadins of veal with ceps.
Details and technical informations about Château Canet - Vignobles Canet's Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Arinto du Dâo
A very old variety known in Portugal and northwestern Spain (Galicia), but practically unknown elsewhere. In Greece, a variety bears the same name, so it could be the same variety. In Spain, however, we must discard the loureiro, whose synonym is arinto.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Minervois from Château Canet - Vignobles Canet are 2009, 2010, 2018, 2015 and 2012.
Informations about the Château Canet - Vignobles Canet
The Château Canet - Vignobles Canet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois
Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western France/languedoc-roussillon/languedoc">Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
France/languedoc-roussillon/languedoc">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.
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The word of the wine: Powerful
Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.
