Domaine La Tour VieilleCôtes de Provence Rosé
Pink wine
In the mouth this pink wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Côtes de Provence Rosé of the Domaine La Tour Vieille is in the top 20 of wines of Côtes de Provence.
Taste structure of the Côtes de Provence Rosé from the Domaine La Tour Vieille
Light | Bold | |
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Côtes de Provence Rosé of Domaine La Tour Vieille in the region of Provence is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Côtes de Provence Rosé of Domaine La Tour Vieille in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of citrus, peach or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of apricot, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Côtes de Provence Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rosé
The Côtes de Provence Rosé of Domaine La Tour Vieille matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of eggs in meurette, shrimp in coconut milk curry or vegan leek and tofu quiche.
Details and technical informations about Domaine La Tour Vieille's Côtes de Provence Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Mondeuse blanche
Haute-Savoie finds in Mondeuse blanche one of the oldest grape varieties planted in its vineyards. It can be found throughout Savoie and Ain, although its cultivation is not very well developed. Barely 5 hectares of vineyards are planted with this variety. It is known by other names such as savouette, dongine, couilleri or aigre blanc. Mondeuse blanche can be recognized by the downy appearance of its young shoots bearing very tan leaves, reminiscent of spider webs. The leaf blade tends to lose its tan appearance as it ages, while the 5 lobes are clearly defined. Mondeuse blanche produces bunches of grapes that give a wine with good acidity and a long shelf life, which can be kept for up to thirty years. They appear compact, cylindrical and winged. The juicy, sweet and crunchy berries ripen in the second late season. The golden yellow or green skin is quite strong, covering an ovoid or spherical fruit of medium size.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Côtes de Provence Rosé from Domaine La Tour Vieille are 2017, 2013, 2019, 2015 and 2016.
Informations about the Domaine La Tour Vieille
The Domaine La Tour Vieille is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
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: Old vines
There are no specific regulations governing the term "vieilles vignes". After 20 to 25 years, the yields stabilize and tend to decrease, the vines are deeply rooted, and the grapes that come from them give richer, more concentrated, more sappy wines, expressing with more nuance the characteristics of their terroir. It is possible to find plots of vines that claim to be a century old.
