The Winery Cournon Lafleur of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays

Winery Cournon Lafleur - Carignan
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 262 of the estates of Vin de Pays.
It is located in Pays d'Oc in the region of Vin de Pays

The Winery Cournon Lafleur is one of the best wineries to follow in Pays d'Oc.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cournon Lafleur wines

Looking for the best Winery Cournon Lafleur wines in Pays d'Oc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cournon Lafleur wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cournon Lafleur wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cournon Lafleur

How Winery Cournon Lafleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or pasta such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, dab with coconut milk or pasta alla norma.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cournon Lafleur. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cournon Lafleur. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur.

  • Carignan
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Pays d'Oc

Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.

Five separate departments fall under the PGI (Hérault, Aude, Gard, Pyrénées-Orientales and six communes in southern Lozère), which is delimited by administrative rather than geographical boundaries. The name therefore covers a wide variety of terrain, from the mountain ranges of the southern Massif Central to the coastal plains of the Camargue crossed by rivers. Vineyards jostle for position in the Garrigue landscape. The Pays d'Oc has a MediterraneanClimate with hot, Dry summers and mild winters.

The top white wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cournon Lafleur

How Winery Cournon Lafleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pho ga (vietnamese chicken soup), tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or chicken colombo (west indies).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cournon Lafleur.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Colombard

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Cournon Lafleur

Planning a wine route in the of Pays d'Oc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Cournon Lafleur.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Cournon Lafleur and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.