Winery La CroisadeRéserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and spicy food.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes of Winery La Croisade in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vanilla or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of black currant, non oak or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes
The Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes of Winery La Croisade matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style) or seafood pastilla.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Croisade's Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes.
Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão
- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Réserve Carignan Vieilles Vignes from Winery La Croisade are 2018, 2017, 2019, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery La Croisade
The Winery La Croisade is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 42 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".
