Winery Closerie des Orfèvres - Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière

Winery Closerie des OrfèvresTerroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière of Winery Closerie des Orfèvres is a red wine from the region of Minervois La Livinière of Languedoc-Roussillon.
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 Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière of the Winery Closerie des Orfèvres is in the top 30 of wines of Minervois La Livinière.

Taste structure of the Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière from the Winery Closerie des Orfèvres

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière of Winery Closerie des Orfèvres in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Food and wine pairings with Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière

Pairings that work perfectly with Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière

Original food and wine pairings with Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière

The Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière of Winery Closerie des Orfèvres matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge, pistou soup complete or roast veal with cider.

Details and technical informations about Winery Closerie des Orfèvres's Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot khantus

An interspecific cross between Merlot noir and Kozma 20-3 (also the same parents of Merlot khorus) obtained in 2002 by Simone Diego Castellarin and Guido Cipriani at the Institute of Applied Genomics in Udine, Italy. Merlot khantus is particularly resistant to mildew and tolerant to powdery mildew. Known in Italy ... almost unknown in France and not registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière - 2013
In the top 30 of of Minervois La Livinière wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière - 2012
In the top 30 of of Minervois La Livinière wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Terroir d'Exception Minervois La Livinière from Winery Closerie des Orfèvres are 2012, 2013

Informations about the Winery Closerie des Orfèvres

The winery offers 1 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Minervois La Livinière in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Winery Closerie des Orfèvres is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Minervois La Livinière to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 70000 of of France wines
In the top 40 of of Minervois La Livinière wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Minervois La Livinière

The wine region of Minervois La Livinière is located in the region of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gérard Bertrand or the Domaine Gérard Bertrand produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Minervois La Livinière are Mourvèdre, Cabernet franc and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Minervois La Livinière often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, toasty or cedar and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, mushroom or dark chocolate.


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: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

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