Domaine du DeffendsChamps de la Truffière
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Champs de la Truffière of Domaine du Deffends in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of earthy, leather or pepper and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, black currant or truffle.
Food and wine pairings with Champs de la Truffière
Pairings that work perfectly with Champs de la Truffière
Original food and wine pairings with Champs de la Truffière
The Champs de la Truffière of Domaine du Deffends matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, giouvetsi (greek dish) or coral lentil salad.
Details and technical informations about Domaine du Deffends's Champs de la Truffière.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Cabernet-Sauvignon 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 bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Champs de la Truffière from Domaine du Deffends are 2006, 2016, 2012, 2011 and 2007.
Informations about the Domaine du Deffends
The Domaine du Deffends is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Coteaux Varois en Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux Varois en Provence
Côteaux Varois en Provence is a key appellation in the Provence wine region in the far southeast of France. It was introduced in March 1993 to complement the Côtes de Provence title created 16 years earlier. It covers the vineyards of 28 communes North of Toulon, essentially constituting the western third of the Var department. Côteaux Varois wines are red, white and rosé, although the latter is the dominant colour (as is the case almost everywhere in Provence).
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Soft
Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.
