Winery Gilles LouvetDomaine de Fontanilles Faugères
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Domaine de Fontanilles Faugères
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Original food and wine pairings with Domaine de Fontanilles Faugères
The Domaine de Fontanilles Faugères of Winery Gilles Louvet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of picadillo, pasta with artichoke hearts and bacon or saltimbocca alla romana.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gilles Louvet's Domaine de Fontanilles Faugères.
Discover the grape variety: Joubertin
Joubertin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Dauphiné). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The Joubertin noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Informations about the Winery Gilles Louvet
The Winery Gilles Louvet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 67 wines for sale in the of Faugères to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Faugères
Faugeres is an appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. Although it also covers white and rosé wines, the appellation is best known for its Rich, ripe red wines made from the classic Rhone varieties of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, as well as the more MediterraneanCinsaut and Lladoner Pelut. The appellation covers the southern slopes of a series of hills only a few kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The town of Faugeres forms the centre of the area, which extends 10 km from east to west.
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: Harsh
Term describing the state of tannins with an astringency that lacks finesse.
