Winery HauvetteAmethyste Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, mature and hard cheese or spicy food.
The Amethyste Rouge of the Winery Hauvette is in the top 5 of wines of Les Baux-de-Provence.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Amethyste Rouge of Winery Hauvette in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, raspberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Amethyste Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Amethyste Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Amethyste Rouge
The Amethyste Rouge of Winery Hauvette matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of wild boar with honey, tunisian mloukia of grandmother mimi or hot asparagus with comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hauvette's Amethyste Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Négret pounjut
An ancient grape variety endemic to the Fronton region in the Haute Garonne that could also be found in La Ville Dieu du Temple in the Lot et Garonne. Today, it is not very present in the vineyard and is on the verge of extinction. It is, however, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It should not be confused with Négret de Banhars, Négret Castrais or Négret de la Canourgue, and it should be noted that it is related to Prunelard. Négret pounjut is completely unknown in other wine-producing countries.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Amethyste Rouge from Winery Hauvette are 2010, 2017, 2012, 2016 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Hauvette
The Winery Hauvette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Les Baux-de-Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Les Baux-de-Provence
Les Baux de Provence is a small Village perched in the Alpilles region of Provence, in southeastern France. It is known for its high quality red and rosé wines, produced mainly from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. The classic Baux de Provence wine is a Deep red with aromas of mountain herbs, black olives, violets and stewed blackberries. The Baux de Provence appellation did not cover white wines until a few years ago.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Breaking
Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.
