Winery Gilles MondiéL'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with L'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with L'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot
The L'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot of Winery Gilles Mondié matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, pho soup or veal paupiettes à la bourguignonne.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gilles Mondié's L'Excellence de Gilles Mondié Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Informations about the Winery Gilles Mondié
The Winery Gilles Mondié is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: 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.
