Winery Jacques PirardFontanilles
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Fontanilles
Pairings that work perfectly with Fontanilles
Original food and wine pairings with Fontanilles
The Fontanilles of Winery Jacques Pirard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of savoyard matafans, pasta alla norma or saltimbocca alla romana.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jacques Pirard's Fontanilles.
Discover the grape variety: Caladoc
Deeply coloured, structured reds with a dense purple robe, smooth tannins and a round palate, with aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, spice and balsamic notes. Good short-to-medium ageing. Vinified in blends and as single varietal in IGP Pays d'Oc and Méditerranée (Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence), also adopted in Morocco, Tunisia, Israel and Spain. A Grenache × Malbec cross created in 1958 by Paul Truel in Montpellier (INRA).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fontanilles from Winery Jacques Pirard are 2018, 2015, 0, 2010
Informations about the Winery Jacques Pirard
The Winery Jacques Pirard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Coteaux de Peyriac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux de Peyriac
Languedoc IGP in the Minervois (Aude and Hérault, 3 colours): Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre as flagship reds — profile of red and black fruits, Mediterranean spice notes and garrigue nuances. Vermentino and Sauvignon Blanc in fresh whites with citrus and white flower aromas. Carignan, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay as complements. Mediterranean climate, limestone soils, schists and clays, aromatic diversity.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
The single-grape IGP par excellence: modern, accessible, frank and fruity wines, the popular signature of the Midi. Spicy Syrah reds (pepper, blackberry), round Merlot, structured Cabernet, generous Grenache, supple Cinsault. Crisp, tangy rosés. Opulent Chardonnay whites, lively Sauvignon, floral, apricoty Viognier.
The word of the wine: Faded
Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.
