Winery Mas CoutelouLa Vigne Haute
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Vigne Haute of Winery Mas Coutelou in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of smoke, blackberry or plum and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with La Vigne Haute
Pairings that work perfectly with La Vigne Haute
Original food and wine pairings with La Vigne Haute
The La Vigne Haute of Winery Mas Coutelou matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or moroccan kefta balls.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mas Coutelou's La Vigne Haute.
Discover the grape variety: Traminette
Interspecific crossing between 23416 Joannès Seyve (4.825 Bertille Seyve x 7053 Seibel) and the gewurztraminer obtained in 1965 by Herb Barrett of the University of Illinois (United States) and selected by the Experimental Station of Cornell University in Geneva (United States) In this country, it can be found in many wine-producing regions, as well as in Canada and Germany, but it is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Vigne Haute from Winery Mas Coutelou are 2017, 2013, 2012, 2018
Informations about the Winery Mas Coutelou
The Winery Mas Coutelou is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
