Winery Notre Dame de CousignacHommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages from the Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages of Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
Pairings that work perfectly with Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
Original food and wine pairings with Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
The Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages of Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, irish stew or rabbit with beer and mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac's Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages.
Discover the grape variety: Mara
Intraspecific cross between gamay noir and reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From these same parents he also obtained the gamaret and the garanoir. It should not be confused with the Romanian direct producer hybrid, also black, resulting from an interspecific cross between 12 303 Seyve-Villard and ozana. Mara is mainly cultivated in Switzerland and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Hommage á Léon Pommier Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages from Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac are 2013
Informations about the Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac
The Winery Notre Dame de Cousignac is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages is located in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Richaud or the Domaine Rotem & Mounir Saouma produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages often reveals types of flavors of cherry, anise or orange blossom and sometimes also flavors of almonds, lemon or apricot.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
