Château l'EsparrouRivesaltes Tuilé Vieux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux
Pairings that work perfectly with Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux
Original food and wine pairings with Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux
The Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux of Château l'Esparrou matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, lamb chops with tarragon cream or coral lentil salad.
Details and technical informations about Château l'Esparrou's Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux.
Discover the grape variety: Milgranet
Milgranet noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Tarn-et-Garonne). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. The Milgranet noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rivesaltes Tuilé Vieux from Château l'Esparrou are 2010
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 Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rivesaltes
Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.
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: Grand Cru
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
