Château l'EsparrouSyrah
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Syrah
Pairings that work perfectly with Syrah
Original food and wine pairings with Syrah
The Syrah of Château l'Esparrou matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, meat lasagna or grenadins of veal with ceps.
Details and technical informations about Château l'Esparrou's Syrah.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Carbon
An interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Bronner made in 1983 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It can be found in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, ... little known in France.
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 Catalanes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes Catalanes
The wine region of Côtes Catalanes is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de l'Ou or the Domaine Department 66 produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes Catalanes are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes Catalanes often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, saline or pink grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of watermelon, nectarine or wax.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
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