Winery La Croix du PinCuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay
The Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay of Winery La Croix du Pin matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of steak tartare.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Croix du Pin's Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay.
Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir
Gamay is a Burgundian grape variety that has existed since the 14th century. For fear of competition with the pinot noir of Burgundy, gamay was finally uprooted and planted in the Beaujolais region, from Mâcon to Lyon. These siliceous and granitic soils suit it perfectly, and it gives its best here. But it is also planted all over France, such as in Lorraine, in the Loire Valley, in Bugey, in Savoie and in Auvergne. Gamay is early and very productive and needs to be limited so that quality prevails over quantity. Short winter pruning of the shoots and high density of vines per hectare are the methods that allow it to produce very fruity, fresh and greedy red wines. Gamay is also very popular in red wine futures, and produces wines from the Beaujolais region with very interesting character and ageing potential. The AOCs Crémant-de-Bourgogne, Mâcon, Anjou, Touraine, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Côtes-d'Auvergne, Saint-Pourçain, Bugey, Gaillac, Côtes du Luberon... and many vins de pays are proud of it. Today, about 36,000 hectares of Gamay are cultivated in France, including 22,000 hectares in Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Prestige Cotes du Tarn Gamay from Winery La Croix du Pin are 2018, 2012, 2011, 2015 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery La Croix du Pin
The Winery La Croix du Pin is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Comté Tolosan to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Comté Tolosan
Comte Tolosan is a PGI title that covers wines produced in a large area of Southwestern France. The PGI basin encompasses 12 administrative dePartments and is home to a wide range of appellations d'origine contrôlée (AOC) such as Jurançon, Cahors and Armagnac. The IGP label provides a geographical classification for wines that are not classified for AOC level appellations due to Grape variety or winemaking style. The region is part of the Aquitaine basin - the plains that lie between the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
