Winery Pierre LaforestCuvée St. Vincent
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée St. Vincent of Winery Pierre Laforest in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of black cherries, chocolate or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée St. Vincent
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée St. Vincent
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée St. Vincent
The Cuvée St. Vincent of Winery Pierre Laforest matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or tuscan linguine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pierre Laforest's Cuvée St. Vincent.
Discover the grape variety: Iona
It is said to come from a seedling of diana - the latter is also a seedling of catawba - and propagated in 1860 by Dr. C.W. Grant, the introduction in the United States would date from 1863. Other ampelographers give it as coming directly from a seedling of catawba. The only certainty is that it is an interspecific cross with Vitis Labrusca as a parent. It should be noted that it is the parent of the diamond and the golden muscat. Iona can be found in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, etc. In France it is totally unknown. This variety can only be of interest to amateur gardeners, on the one hand to enlarge their collections and on the other hand, because it produces an excellent juice.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée St. Vincent from Winery Pierre Laforest are 2016, 2017, 2013, 2011 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Pierre Laforest
The Winery Pierre Laforest is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 120 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
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: Open
Said of a wine with a full and expressive nose, generally at its peak.
