Château MontauriolCaprice d'Adrien Fronton
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Négrette.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Caprice d'Adrien Fronton
Pairings that work perfectly with Caprice d'Adrien Fronton
Original food and wine pairings with Caprice d'Adrien Fronton
The Caprice d'Adrien Fronton of Château Montauriol matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, leg of lamb in a herb crust with preserved vegetables or marinated tacaud fillets.
Details and technical informations about Château Montauriol's Caprice d'Adrien Fronton.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Caprice d'Adrien Fronton from Château Montauriol are 2004
Informations about the Château Montauriol
The Château Montauriol is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Fronton to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Fronton
The wine region of Fronton is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Bellevue La Forét or the Château Baudare produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fronton are Négrette, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fronton often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, apricot or minerality.
The wine region of South West
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The word of the wine: Free-run wine
The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.
