Château RivièreLes Carmes Minervois
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
The Les Carmes Minervois of the Château Rivière is in the top 30 of wines of Minervois.
Taste structure of the Les Carmes Minervois from the Château Rivière
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Les Carmes Minervois of Château Rivière in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Carmes Minervois of Château Rivière in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of oaky, black fruits or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Les Carmes Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Carmes Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with Les Carmes Minervois
The Les Carmes Minervois of Château Rivière matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, pasta with puttanesca sauce or normandy style escalope.
Details and technical informations about Château Rivière's Les Carmes Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Select
Select blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Charente). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. Select blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Carmes Minervois from Château Rivière are 2014, 2010, 2008, 2013
Informations about the Château Rivière
The Château Rivière is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois
Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.
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.
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The word of the wine: Bold
A wine with a smooth texture reminiscent of fats.
