Domaine MagellanUn bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Un bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet
Pairings that work perfectly with Un bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet
Original food and wine pairings with Un bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet
The Un bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet of Domaine Magellan matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta with zucchini, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or dauphine apples.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Magellan's Un bon Canon Picpoul de Pinet.
Discover the grape variety: Avana
Very old grape variety cultivated in northern Italy in the Piedmont region. It would have been introduced in Savoy at the beginning of the 17th century. An A.D.N. study, dating from 2011, shows that Hibou noir and Avana are one and the same variety. It should also be noted that Amigne is its half-sister, Rèze its grandmother and Rouge du Pays (a variety from the Swiss Valais) its grandfather.
Informations about the Domaine Magellan
The Domaine Magellan is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in the of Picpoul de Pinet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Picpoul de Pinet
The wine region of Picpoul de Pinet is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Julie Benau or the Domaine Domitia produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Picpoul de Pinet are Chardonnay, Mourvèdre and Folle blanche, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Picpoul de Pinet often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, salt or fennel and sometimes also flavors of banana, guava or passion fruit.
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.
The word of the wine: Anthocyanins
Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.
