Winery FortantGrands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Grands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou
Pairings that work perfectly with Grands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou
Original food and wine pairings with Grands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou
The Grands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou of Winery Fortant matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef coarse salt, pasta with peas and bacon or simple veal sauté.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fortant's Grands Terroirs Saint-Chinian Berlou.
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.
Informations about the Winery Fortant
The Winery Fortant is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 98 wines for sale in the of Saint-Chinian Berlou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Chinian Berlou
The wine region of Saint-Chinian Berlou is located in the region of Saint-Chinian of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Berlou or the Domaine La Grange Léon produce mainly wines red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Chinian Berlou are Mourvèdre et Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Chinian Berlou often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
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.
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The word of the wine: Volatile acidity
Acidity resulting essentially from alcoholic fermentation and formed from acetic acids in the free state.
