Château de FourquesJeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Jeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Jeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Jeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé
The Jeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé of Château de Fourques matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with crispy parma ham, goat cheese and bacon quiche or autumn verrine.
Details and technical informations about Château de Fourques's Jeanne St Georges d’Orques Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Tannat
Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.
Informations about the Château de Fourques
The Château de Fourques is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques
The wine region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de l'Engarran or the Domaine de La Marfée produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, red fruit or raisin and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, mint or strawberries.
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: Marie-jeanne (or double magnum)
Bottle with a capacity of 3 litres.
