Winery Le GravillasRasteau Doux Naturel
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Rasteau Doux Naturel
Pairings that work perfectly with Rasteau Doux Naturel
Original food and wine pairings with Rasteau Doux Naturel
The Rasteau Doux Naturel of Winery Le Gravillas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue or crozets carbonara with beaufort cheese au gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Le Gravillas's Rasteau Doux Naturel.
Discover the grape variety: Frontenac
A cross between Landot 4511 and Vitis Riparia 89 (very resistant to cold) obtained in 1978 at the University of Minnesota (United States) and propagated from 1996. It can also be found in Canada (Quebec, Ontario, etc.), in Lithuania, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. Note that the white and grey Frontenac are derived from mutations of the black, encountered and isolated in 2003 for the grey and in September 2005 for the white. - Synonymy: MN 1047 (for all the grape variety synonyms, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rasteau Doux Naturel from Winery Le Gravillas are 2009
Informations about the Winery Le Gravillas
The Winery Le Gravillas is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Rasteau to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rasteau
The wine region of Rasteau is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gourt de Mautens or the Ortas - Cave de Rasteau produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rasteau are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rasteau often reveals types of flavors of cream, forest floor or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of dried herbs, eucalyptus or peach.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Short
Said of a wine that leaves little trace in the mouth after tasting (also called "short in the mouth").
