Château RiffaudCuvée Ulysse Bergerac
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The Cuvée Ulysse Bergerac of the Château Riffaud is in the top 0 of wines of Guyenne.
Details and technical informations about Château Riffaud's Cuvée Ulysse Bergerac.
Discover the grape variety: Grand noir de la C
Intensely coloured and simple reds, opaque purple colour (red pulp), supple tannins and light mouth with moderate acidity, with discreet red fruit aromas. Teinturier profile. Once widely planted in the Midi to deepen the colour of southern blends, today marginal but still found in Languedoc. French teinturier black grape (Grand Noir de la Calmette), bred in 1855 (Aramon x Petit Bouschet).
Informations about the Château Riffaud
The Château Riffaud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Guyenne
Atlantic IGP of the Southwest across 5 departments (Gironde, Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Bordeaux varieties as signatures. Merlot in red: supple and accessible with signature notes of plum, ripe cherry, light cocoa and a herbaceous touch, round tannins and fruity palate — affordable alternative to Bordeaux AOCs. Peppery Cabernet Franc, firm Cabernet Sauvignon, dense Côt.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Sulphur
An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.
