Winery Jacques PirardVignobles des Montagnes Fitou
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Vignobles des Montagnes Fitou
Pairings that work perfectly with Vignobles des Montagnes Fitou
Original food and wine pairings with Vignobles des Montagnes Fitou
The Vignobles des Montagnes Fitou of Winery Jacques Pirard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, pasta with veal stock sauce or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jacques Pirard's Vignobles des Montagnes Fitou.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
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 Fitou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Fitou
Languedoc's 1st red AOC (1948), realm of Carignan on 2 separated entities (maritime Leucate lagoon, mountainous Mont Tauch). Signature powerful structured reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry, garrigue, liquorice, pepper and schistous mineral touch, firm tannins and warm mouth — sunny ageing wines (5-15 years). Grenache brings finesse and fruit, Syrah spice, Mourvèdre depth. Schist and limestone soils over ~2,500 ha.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: N-M
Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.
