Clos de la BriderieVieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge
The Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge of Clos de la Briderie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, flammekueche (with laughing cow) or confit sausages.
Details and technical informations about Clos de la Briderie's Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vieilles Vignes Touraine-Mesland Rouge from Clos de la Briderie are 2013, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Clos de la Briderie
The Clos de la Briderie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Touraine-Mesland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine-Mesland
The wine region of Touraine-Mesland is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos de la Briderie or the Domaine Lusqueneau produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine-Mesland are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine-Mesland often reveals types of flavors of dark chocolate, earth or oak.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Reassembly
During the vinification process, a "cap" is formed at the top of the vats with the solid parts (skin, pulp, pips, etc.), which contain tannins and colouring elements. Pumping over consists of emptying the vat from the bottom and pouring the juice back to the top, in order to mix the cap and the juice and to favour the exchange and the extraction. This old technique allows a better exchange between the solid parts and the liquid.
