Château MarisLa Touge
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.
The La Touge of the Château Maris is in the top 10 of wines of Minervois La Livinière.
Taste structure of the La Touge from the Château Maris
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the La Touge of Château Maris 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 La Touge of Château Maris in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry.
Food and wine pairings with La Touge
Pairings that work perfectly with La Touge
Original food and wine pairings with La Touge
The La Touge of Château Maris matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, saffron pasta with prawns or gigolette of rabbit.
Details and technical informations about Château Maris's La Touge.
Discover the grape variety: Melnik
Powerful and structured reds with a dark ruby robe, firm tannins and preserved acidity, with intense aromas of ripe black fruits (blackberry, plum), tobacco, leather, spices, Mediterranean herbs and balsamic notes. Good ageing potential. Star of the Melnik hillsides in the Struma valley in south-west Bulgaria, signature of the country's finest reds for ageing. An autochthonous Bulgarian variety (Shiroka Melnishka Loza, "broad leaf"), with very late ripening.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Touge from Château Maris are 2017, 2015, 2011, 2010 and 2013.
Informations about the Château Maris
The Château Maris is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 61 wines for sale in the of Minervois La Livinière to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois La Livinière
Languedoc cru (>400 m, tertiary limestone terroir dominating Cesse gorges): Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre blend (>=60%, incl. 40% Syrah-Mourvèdre) as flagship red, with Carignan, Cinsault and autochthons — intense aromas of black fruits, spices and garrigue, liquorice and cocoa notes from ageing, fine concentration, silky tannins and long finish. Cool Languedoc climate, schists, sandstone, quartz and limestone.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Pulp
Fleshy and juicy part of the grape berry, it contains sugars, organic acids and various nitrogenous and mineral compounds.
