Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vinTête Sage Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The Tête Sage Merlot of the Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin is in the top 5 of wines of Ariege.
Food and wine pairings with Tête Sage Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Tête Sage Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Tête Sage Merlot
The Tête Sage Merlot of Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic or rabbit with leeks.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin's Tête Sage Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tête Sage Merlot from Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin are 2013, 2015, 2014
Informations about the Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin
The Winery Dominik Benz - Créateur de vin is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Ariege to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ariege
Departmental IGP from the Pyrenean foothills (alluvial terraces and Tertiary clay-limestone hillsides, <500 m, sunny sub-Mediterranean climate, mild winters, hot dry summers): Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Tannat and Pinot Noir as signature assembled reds — supple and easy-drinking with fruity aromas and preserved freshness. Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Gros and Petit Manseng, Mauzac and Chenin for fresh, floral, mineral whites. Fruity, lively, balanced rosés.
The wine region of Comté Tolosan
IGP covering all of southwest France across 12 departments, a broad and accessible palette. On the Garonne right bank, supple reds dominate: signature Merlot with signature notes of plum, ripe cherry, cocoa and a herbaceous touch, round tannins. Firm Cabernet, spicy Syrah, tannic local Tannat. Left bank for whites: vivid Colombard and Gros Manseng (citrus, grapefruit, exotic fruits), aromatic Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Presses
The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.
