Château de Valcyre Benezech-GaffinelPic-Saint-Loup
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Pic-Saint-Loup
Pairings that work perfectly with Pic-Saint-Loup
Original food and wine pairings with Pic-Saint-Loup
The Pic-Saint-Loup of Château de Valcyre Benezech-Gaffinel matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, basque lasagne or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
Details and technical informations about Château de Valcyre Benezech-Gaffinel's Pic-Saint-Loup.
Discover the grape variety: Bouysselet
Resulting from a natural intraspecific crossing between the Savagnin and the Cauzette plant, the latter being close to the Tannat. It should be noted that it has very often been confused with the Saint Côme, it is true that we have noted some points of resemblance. Bouysselet is very old in the Haute Garonne, more precisely in Villaudric, where it almost disappeared, but has now been replanted to the great satisfaction of connoisseurs. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Informations about the Château de Valcyre Benezech-Gaffinel
The Château de Valcyre Benezech-Gaffinel is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Pic-Saint-Loup to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup or the Domaine de Villeneuve produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pic-Saint-Loup are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pic-Saint-Loup often reveals types of flavors of earth, straw or apricot and sometimes also flavors of peach, dark chocolate or anise.
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: Approval
All the operations (tasting and analysis) that allow the appellation to be obtained for each of the wines of a property, for each vintage.
