Winery Jean Claude RaspailCuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra
The Cuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra of Winery Jean Claude Raspail matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of soupions à la provençale, chicken fillets with mustard and cream or sardinade.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Claude Raspail's Cuvée Flavien Cremant de Die Brut Extra.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Informations about the Winery Jean Claude Raspail
The Winery Jean Claude Raspail is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Crémant de Die to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant de Die
The wine region of Crémant de Die is located in the region of Clairette de Die of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jaillance or the Domaine Jaillance produce mainly wines sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Crémant de Die are Aligoté et Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Crémant de Die often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or apricot.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
