Winery Le Cellier du PicChâteau d’Assas Réserve
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the Château d’Assas Réserve from the Winery Le Cellier du Pic
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Château d’Assas Réserve of Winery Le Cellier du Pic in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Château d’Assas Réserve of Winery Le Cellier du Pic in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of earthy, tobacco or mushroom and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with Château d’Assas Réserve
Pairings that work perfectly with Château d’Assas Réserve
Original food and wine pairings with Château d’Assas Réserve
The Château d’Assas Réserve of Winery Le Cellier du Pic matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet, one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle or beef tournedos with boursin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Le Cellier du Pic's Château d’Assas Réserve.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Château d’Assas Réserve from Winery Le Cellier du Pic are 2016, 2017, 2012, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Le Cellier du Pic
The Winery Le Cellier du Pic is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 92 wines for sale in the of Grès de Montpellier to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Grès de Montpellier
AOC Languedoc in 46 communes around Montpellier (hard limestone, sandstone pebbles and marl-limestone, maritime influence): Grenache (≥20%), Syrah and Mourvèdre are the flagship exclusive reds complemented by Carignan — deep purple, intense nose of spices and small red fruits, round and ample, fruity-spicy balance, silky fine tannins, griotte and garrigue aromas. August sea winds, AOC since 2003.
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: Flavours (families of)
Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.
