The Winery Faîteau of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon

Winery Faîteau - Cuvée Gaston Minervois La Livinière
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 117 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Faîteau is one of the best wineries to follow in Minervois.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Faîteau wines

Looking for the best Winery Faîteau wines in Minervois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Faîteau wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Faîteau wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Faîteau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Faîteau

How Winery Faîteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef fashion, cannelloni with parma ham or osso bucco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Faîteau

On the nose the red wine of Winery Faîteau. often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, black fruits or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Faîteau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Faîteau

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Faîteau.

  • Carignan
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Minervois

Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Together with the rarer Lledoner Pelut (or Lladoner Pelut), they must make up at least 60% of the blend. Carignan and Cinsaut are Part of the supporting wines that can represent 40% of the blend. The white wines of the appellation vary considerably in quality and style. They are made from the grape varieties Vermentino, Roussanne, Marsanne, Bourboulenc and Grenache Blanc.

The top pink wines of Winery Faîteau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Faîteau

How Winery Faîteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with peas and bacon, quiche lorraine or sweet potato chips.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Faîteau

In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Faîteau. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Faîteau.

  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top white wines of Winery Faîteau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Faîteau

How Winery Faîteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Faîteau.

  • Grenache Gris

The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Faîteau

Planning a wine route in the of Minervois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Faîteau.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Faîteau and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.

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