Winery Leon BarralValinière Faugères
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Mourvedre.
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.
The Valinière Faugères of the Winery Leon Barral is in the top 5 of wines of Faugères.
Taste structure of the Valinière Faugères from the Winery Leon Barral
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Valinière Faugères of Winery Leon Barral 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 Valinière Faugères of Winery Leon Barral in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or cheese and sometimes also flavors of thyme, fig or dark fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Valinière Faugères
Pairings that work perfectly with Valinière Faugères
Original food and wine pairings with Valinière Faugères
The Valinière Faugères of Winery Leon Barral matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, pasta with walnuts and treviso red salad or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).
Details and technical informations about Winery Leon Barral's Valinière Faugères.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Valinière Faugères from Winery Leon Barral are 2009, 2019, 2016, 2010 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Leon Barral
The Winery Leon Barral is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Faugères to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Faugères
Faugeres is an appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. Although it also covers white and rosé wines, the appellation is best known for its Rich, ripe red wines made from the classic Rhone varieties of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, as well as the more MediterraneanCinsaut and Lladoner Pelut. The appellation covers the southern slopes of a series of hills only a few kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The town of Faugeres forms the centre of the area, which extends 10 km from east to west.
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.
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The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)
A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.
