Château MontauriolFronton Prestige
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château Montauriol's Fronton Prestige.
Discover the grape variety: Gringet
Gringet is an ancient grape variety. It comes from the Arve valley, in Haute Savoie. It is very similar to Savagnin. This white grape variety has small bunches. Its berries are small, round and have a yellow-green skin that turns golden yellow when ripe. Generally, the gringet opens 10 days after the chasselas. Its production remains reasonable. Due to its drooping growth habit, it is recommended that this variety be trained and pruned short, as it is very sensitive to mildew and also fears erinosis and powdery mildew. It is one of those grape varieties that have an average second ripening period. It produces a wine that is light and lively at the same time, with some floral notes. It can also be used to make sparkling or semi-sparkling wines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fronton Prestige from Château Montauriol are 2013, 2012
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: Bracket
Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.
