Domaine du Château VieuxCuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes
The Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes of Domaine du Château Vieux matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or garlic shrimp.
Details and technical informations about Domaine du Château Vieux's Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes.
Discover the grape variety: Saperavi
Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Prestige Vieilles Vignes from Domaine du Château Vieux are 2013, 2014, 2015
Informations about the Domaine du Château Vieux
The Domaine du Château Vieux is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Drôme to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Drôme
The wine region of Drôme is located in the region of Méditerranée of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lombard or the Domaine de Montine produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Drôme are Viognier, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Drôme often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or leather.
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: Clear
Said of a wine that is clear and brilliant in colour and contains no suspended matter.
