Château MentoneCuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence of Château Mentone in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, pepper or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence
The Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence of Château Mentone matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef luc lake, chakchouka or baked falafels.
Details and technical informations about Château Mentone's Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence.
Discover the grape variety: Madeleine royale
Variety obtained in 1845 by the Moreau-Robert company by crossing the frankenthal noir with the pinot blanc. It has not been propagated for a long time, which means that it is now in danger of disappearing. It is, however, listed in the Official Catalogue of Table Grape Varieties, list A1. - Synonym: Madeleine impériale, plant du caporal (all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Excellence Côtes de Provence from Château Mentone are 2007, 2009, 2008
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 Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
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: Olfaction
Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.
