Château Dona BaissasMuscat de Rivesaltes
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château Dona Baissas's Muscat de Rivesaltes.
Discover the grape variety: Carmenère
Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
Informations about the Château Dona Baissas
The Château Dona Baissas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 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.
The word of the wine: Red winemaking
Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.
