Domaine FontanelL'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes of Domaine Fontanel in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes
Original food and wine pairings with L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes
The L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes of Domaine Fontanel matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce or rice with milk.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Fontanel's L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of L'Age de Pierre Muscat de Rivesaltes from Domaine Fontanel are 2012, 2013, 2015
Informations about the Domaine Fontanel
The Domaine Fontanel is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Muscat de Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Muscat de Rivesaltes
The wine region of Muscat de Rivesaltes is located in the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Boudau or the Domaine Lafage produce mainly wines natural sweet, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Muscat de Rivesaltes are Melon et Muscadelle, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Muscat de Rivesaltes often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or melon and sometimes also flavors of mango, dried apricot or non oak.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
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The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle
All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.
