Winery Jeff Carrel - Lilac

Winery Jeff CarrelLilac

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Lilac of Winery Jeff Carrel is a red wine from the region of Côtes du Roussillon of Languedoc-Roussillon.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Shiraz/Syrah.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.

Taste structure of the Lilac from the Winery Jeff Carrel

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Lilac of Winery Jeff Carrel in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, cedar

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

earthy, smoke

On the nose the Lilac of Winery Jeff Carrel in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or pepper and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Jeff Carrel's Lilac.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Lilac - 2018
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Lilac - 2017
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Lilac - 2016
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Lilac - 2015
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Lilac - 2014
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Lilac - 2013
In the top 100 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Lilac from Winery Jeff Carrel are 2015, 2013, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Jeff Carrel

The winery offers 73 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Côtes du Roussillon in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Jeff Carrel is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 84 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 30000 of of France wines
In the top 900 of of Côtes du Roussillon wines
In the top 65000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon

Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation contrôlée for red, white and rosé wines from the Roussillon wine region in southern France. It covers the eastern half of the administrative district of the Pyrénées-Orientales, on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees. The western half of the Pyrenees-Orientales is simply too mountainous for effective viticulture. In the Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing area is the Aspres sub-region.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Rimage

"Vintage", in Catalan. A natural sweet wine that is bottled early to preserve its fruitiness, as opposed to those aged in an oxidizing environment (see this word). Syn.: vintage (for maury, port).

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