Château MontesquieuMuscat de Rivesaltes
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with Muscat de Rivesaltes
Pairings that work perfectly with Muscat de Rivesaltes
Original food and wine pairings with Muscat de Rivesaltes
The Muscat de Rivesaltes of Château Montesquieu matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of island grouper or quick chocolate fudge cake.
Details and technical informations about Château Montesquieu's Muscat de Rivesaltes.
Discover the grape variety: Gros Bourgogne
A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Italy and Switzerland (cantons of Valais and Vaud), and is now clearly on the way out. In these countries, it still exists in the vineyards in the form of isolated strains... in France, it is completely unknown and yet it bears the name of a French wine region. According to A.D.N. analyses (J.F. Vouillamoz), its parents include white gouais, furmint, harslevelu, savagnin blanc, sylvaner, etc.
Informations about the Château Montesquieu
The Château Montesquieu is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Muscat de Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Muscat de Rivesaltes
The wine region of Muscat de Rivesaltes is located in the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Boudau or the Domaine Lafage produce mainly wines natural sweet, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Muscat de Rivesaltes are Melon et Muscadelle, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Muscat de Rivesaltes often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or melon and sometimes also flavors of mango, dried apricot or non oak.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: VDQS
Delimited wine of superior quality. A level of appellation (today, barely 1% of French production) which constitutes the ultimate step before the accession to the AOC.
