Château MentoneCôtes de Provence Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Côtes de Provence Rouge of Château Mentone in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Côtes de Provence Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rouge
The Côtes de Provence Rouge of Château Mentone matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of bernard's potée, douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or chicken colombo.
Details and technical informations about Château Mentone's Côtes de Provence Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: César
César noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. César noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Rhone Valley.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Côtes de Provence Rouge from Château Mentone are 2014, 2012, 2010, 2017
Informations about the Château Mentone
The Château Mentone is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
