Winery Joseph CastanExcellence Syrah
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Excellence Syrah of Winery Joseph Castan in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Excellence Syrah
Pairings that work perfectly with Excellence Syrah
Original food and wine pairings with Excellence Syrah
The Excellence Syrah of Winery Joseph Castan matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, tajine of beef balls and merguez or lamb shoulder confit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Joseph Castan's Excellence Syrah.
Discover the grape variety: Bertille Seyve 872
Interspecific crossing made by Bertille Seyve (1864-1944) between 85 Seibel and 2 Gaillard. This direct producing hybrid was mainly multiplied in the center of France where we found it and photographed it, but also in the departments of the Rhone valley, the Loiret valley, Isère, Vienne and Nièvre.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Excellence Syrah from Winery Joseph Castan are 2018, 2011, 2017, 2016 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Joseph Castan
The Winery Joseph Castan is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 89 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Noble rot
A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
