The Château de la Vieille Tour is one of the best wineries to follow in Provence.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château de la Vieille Tour wines in Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de la Vieille Tour wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château de la Vieille Tour wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château de la Vieille Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of zucchini lasagna, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or filet mignon in a quick crust.
On the nose the white wine of Château de la Vieille Tour. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or lemon and sometimes also flavors of honey, earth or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Château de la Vieille Tour. is a powerful.
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 term "Varietal improvers" is gaining ground in Provence, as it is in the neighbouring Languedoc-Roussillon. The most successful local varieties, Mourvèdre, Tibouren and Vermentino (known locally as Rolle), have remained in favor, proving their value in Provence wines, in red, rosé and white respectively. The Vineyards of Provence cover an area of France's southeastern coastline that measures about 200 kilometers from east to west. In this definitely Mediterranean climate - no Provencal vineyard is more than 55 km from the Mediterranean - the vines enjoy about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, as well as an average annual temperature of 14.
5°C.
How Château de la Vieille Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), tajine of beef balls and merguez or baked duck legs with potatoes.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
How Château de la Vieille Tour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta), veal curry or leg of wild boar.
On the nose the red wine of Château de la Vieille Tour. often reveals types of flavors of pepper, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château de la Vieille Tour. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.
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Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...
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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Cruzille, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...
In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.
