The Domaine Fontanille Haut of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon

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The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 348 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Domaine Fontanille Haut is one of the best wineries to follow in Minervois.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Fontanille Haut wines

Looking for the best Domaine Fontanille Haut wines in Minervois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Fontanille Haut 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 Domaine Fontanille Haut wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Fontanille Haut

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Fontanille Haut

How Domaine Fontanille Haut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, ham lasagness or roast veal grand-mère madou.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Fontanille Haut.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

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 Domaine Fontanille Haut

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Fontanille Haut

How Domaine Fontanille Haut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), zucchini quiche or sweet potato chips.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Fontanille Haut.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsault

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Fontanille Haut

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 Domaine Fontanille Haut.

Discover the grape variety: Artaban

Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2000, between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

News about Domaine Fontanille Haut 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 ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Anthocyanins

Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.