Caves de l'Ile NapoléonChâteau Tournissan Corbières
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Château Tournissan Corbières
Pairings that work perfectly with Château Tournissan Corbières
Original food and wine pairings with Château Tournissan Corbières
The Château Tournissan Corbières of Caves de l'Ile Napoléon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of quick meatloaf, pasta with scamorza and pancetta cheese or pasta with veal stock sauce.
Details and technical informations about Caves de l'Ile Napoléon's Château Tournissan Corbières.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat Valvin
Interspecific crossing between the muscat du moulin or 299-35 Couderc (Pédro Ximénès x 603 Couderc (carignan noir x vitis rupestris) and the muscat ottonel obtained in 1962 by Bruce Reisch and Thomas Henick-Kling at the Experimental Station of the Cornell University - Geneva - New York (United States) Apart from this country, it is almost unknown in other wine-producing countries.
Informations about the Caves de l'Ile Napoléon
The Caves de l'Ile Napoléon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Corbières to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Corbières
Corbières is an important appellation in the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. It is one of the best known and most productive appellations in the Languedoc. The Corbières vineyards produce large quantities of red and rosé wines, as well as a growing number of white wines. The reds are the strongest Part of the appellation; they are reputedly Rich and herbal, made from Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Lledoner Pelut and Carignan.
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: Broker
In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.
