Caves Saint-PierreHermitage
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Hermitage
Pairings that work perfectly with Hermitage
Original food and wine pairings with Hermitage
The Hermitage of Caves Saint-Pierre matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, semolina-merguez salad or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.
Details and technical informations about Caves Saint-Pierre's Hermitage.
Discover the grape variety: Mondeuse noire
Cultivated for a very long time in Savoie, it is not the black form of mondeuse blanche and Mondeuse grise is a natural mutation of mondeuse noire. According to Thierry Lacombe (I.N.R.A./Montpellier), the latter is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between the black tressot and the white mondeuse. Mondeuse grise and Mondeuse noire are both registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Informations about the Caves Saint-Pierre
The Caves Saint-Pierre is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 83 wines for sale in the of Hermitage to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hermitage
The wine region of Hermitage is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave or the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hermitage are Marsanne, Roussanne and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hermitage often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lavender or marzipan and sometimes also flavors of biscuits, yellow apple or petroleum.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Heart-to-heart
Small stem from a quick bud that is removed during thinning.
