Domaine du Château VieuxDemi-Sec Rouge

Red wine of Drôme of Vin de Pays of France

3.9

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Demi-Sec Rouge of Domaine du Château Vieux is a red wine from the region of Drôme of Vin de Pays.
This wine generally goes well with

Discover the grape variety: Servanin

Servanin is native to the south of Savoie and the north of Isère. Its berries are short, oval and small to medium-sized. The bunches are full, cylindrical and small, some of them winged, and the bluish-black colour at the beginning turns to dark black when the grapes reach full maturity. Then, as time goes by, small green berries are gradually added to the vine. This curtain is completed by the light green of the medium-sized leaves.servanin is fertile and robust. Its only weak points are millerandage, citadels and mildew. It is less susceptible to grey rot. Although it buds early, it ripens rather late, in the second half of the year. This liqueur, which belongs to the Vin-de-Savoie, has a medium alcoholic and somewhat acidic taste. This wine is also called martelet, servagnin or serene. Unfortunately, it is noted that this variety has nowadays practically disappeared.

Informations about the Domaine du Château Vieux

The winery offers 11 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Drôme in the region of Vin de Pays

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: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.