Winery L'Oppidum des CauvinsChapelle du Prieuré Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge
The Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge of Winery L'Oppidum des Cauvins matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew, chicken in red wine or forest rabbit.
Details and technical informations about Winery L'Oppidum des Cauvins's Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Chapelle du Prieuré Rouge from Winery L'Oppidum des Cauvins are 2017
Informations about the Winery L'Oppidum des Cauvins
The Winery L'Oppidum des Cauvins is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
