La Forge EstateFrisant
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about La Forge Estate's Frisant.
Discover the grape variety: Ahmeur bou A(h)meur
Table grape with large bunches and juicy, crunchy grey-pink berries, firm flesh and pleasant sweet flavour. Late ripening, sensitive to winter frost. Rarely vinified; grown mainly as a table grape in warm regions and on trellises beside Mediterranean homes. Still found in North Africa, California, Argentina, Spain and Portugal. Grey variety of probable North African or Spanish origin.
Informations about the La Forge Estate
The La Forge Estate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in the of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
