Château l'EsparrouLes Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Les Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon
Original food and wine pairings with Les Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon
The Les Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon of Château l'Esparrou matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of spaghetti with garlic, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or salted muffins with bacon and grated cheese.
Details and technical informations about Château l'Esparrou's Les Flamants Roses Côtes du Roussillon.
Discover the grape variety: Assyrtiko
This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.
Informations about the Château l'Esparrou
The Château l'Esparrou is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon
Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation contrôlée for red, white and rosé wines from the Roussillon wine region in southern France. It covers the eastern half of the administrative district of the Pyrénées-Orientales, on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees. The western half of the Pyrenees-Orientales is simply too mountainous for effective viticulture. In the Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing area is the Aspres sub-region.
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: Vatting
After five to eight days of alcoholic fermentation, it is possible to prolong the maceration in order to extract the maximum amount of matter from the marc. The wines obtained in this way are rich and full-bodied, and in principle are intended for laying down.
