Winery Fortnum and MasonMinervois
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with Minervois
The Minervois of Winery Fortnum and Mason matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, pasta with zucchini or aiguillette of duck with honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fortnum and Mason's Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet_Dorio
Intraspecific crossing between the limberger and the dornfelder realized in 1971 by Bernard Hill of the Research Institute of Weinsberg in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. Note that the cabernet-dorsa has the same parents.
Informations about the Winery Fortnum and Mason
The Winery Fortnum and Mason is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 118 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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.
The word of the wine: Classified growth
Place name or castle subject to a classification (Médoc classification of 1855, classified growths of Alsace...)
