Winery Jean LepetitRéserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape of Winery Jean Lepetit in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, pepper or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape
The Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape of Winery Jean Lepetit matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef kidney, lamb tagine with vegetables and sweet potatoes or couscous from the sea.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Lepetit's Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Réserve Vieilles Vignes La Garde du Pape from Winery Jean Lepetit are 2014, 2012, 2011, 2008 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Jean Lepetit
The Winery Jean Lepetit is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.
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: Interknot
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
