Winery DourtheLe Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Le Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc
Original food and wine pairings with Le Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc
The Le Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc of Winery Dourthe matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of basque lasagne, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or clopinettes in field dresses.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dourthe's Le Cardinal Chardonnay Pays d'Oc.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
Informations about the Winery Dourthe
The Winery Dourthe is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 55 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Aging on lees
Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.
