Winery La GravetteGravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge from the Winery La Gravette
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge of Winery La Gravette in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge
The Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge of Winery La Gravette matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, spaghetti with clams or homemade marengo veal.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Gravette's Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Completer
Very old vine cultivated in Switzerland (canton of Grisons) where writings relating its presence were found in Malans dating from 1321, its origin would however be Italian. It is related to the white humagne, the bondola bianca, the bondoletta, the marzemino and the lafnetscha its mother. It should be noted that the Completer is today little multiplied in Switzerland, almost unknown in France and even less in the other wine-producing countries.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gravettissime Pic-Saint-Loup Rouge from Winery La Gravette are 2011, 2013, 2012, 2016
Informations about the Winery La Gravette
The Winery La Gravette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Pic-Saint-Loup to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup or the Domaine de Villeneuve produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pic-Saint-Loup are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pic-Saint-Loup often reveals types of flavors of earth, straw or apricot and sometimes also flavors of peach, dark chocolate or anise.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Cinsault
Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.
