Winery Comte de ThunCante Granille
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The Cante Granille of the Winery Comte de Thun is in the top 40 of wines of Côtes du Tarn.
Food and wine pairings with Cante Granille
Pairings that work perfectly with Cante Granille
Original food and wine pairings with Cante Granille
The Cante Granille of Winery Comte de Thun matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, moroccan lamb shoulder or couscous without couscous maker.
Details and technical informations about Winery Comte de Thun's Cante Granille.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Informations about the Winery Comte de Thun
The Winery Comte de Thun is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Tarn to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Tarn
The wine region of Côtes du Tarn is located in the region of Comté Tolosan of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine d'En Ségur or the Domaine Comte de Thun produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes du Tarn are Merlot, Duras and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes du Tarn often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, black fruit or peach and sometimes also flavors of citrus, cheese or vanilla.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
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The word of the wine: Frank
Said of a wine that is open and delivers itself immediately, and whose clarity excludes any defect.
