Clos des Vins d'AmourCarignan en Famille
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 Carignan en Famille of the Clos des Vins d'Amour is in the top 70 of wines of Côtes du Roussillon.
Taste structure of the Carignan en Famille from the Clos des Vins d'Amour
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Carignan en Famille of Clos des Vins d'Amour 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 Carignan en Famille of Clos des Vins d'Amour in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Carignan en Famille
Pairings that work perfectly with Carignan en Famille
Original food and wine pairings with Carignan en Famille
The Carignan en Famille of Clos des Vins d'Amour matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pasta such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, roasted stuffed goose with mushroom sauce or pasta with 4 cheese sauce.
Details and technical informations about Clos des Vins d'Amour's Carignan en Famille.
Discover the grape variety: Carignan
Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Carignan en Famille from Clos des Vins d'Amour are 2020, 2018, 2017, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Clos des Vins d'Amour
The Clos des Vins d'Amour is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon
Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation contrôlée for red, white and rosé wines from the Roussillon wine region in southern France. It covers the eastern half of the administrative district of the Pyrénées-Orientales, on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees. The western half of the Pyrenees-Orientales is simply too mountainous for effective viticulture. In the Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing area is the Aspres sub-region.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
