Winery Ferry LacombeFidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Fidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Fidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Fidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé
The Fidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé of Winery Ferry Lacombe matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette, shrimp curry (reunionese recipe) or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ferry Lacombe's Fidis Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Informations about the Winery Ferry Lacombe
The Winery Ferry Lacombe is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Part
Name of the barrel used in Burgundy (capacity of 228 litres).
