Winery Les Celliers de l'IliadeFitou
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Fitou
Pairings that work perfectly with Fitou
Original food and wine pairings with Fitou
The Fitou of Winery Les Celliers de l'Iliade matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, elodie's pasta risotto or bacon and mushroom tagliatelle.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Celliers de l'Iliade's Fitou.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat reine des vignes
Table grape with medium bunches and golden berries with thin skin and muscat-flavoured flesh, with a sweet aromatic flavour (rose, fresh grapes). Early ripening. Very rarely vinified, occasionally as aromatic muscat-style whites. Grown for fresh consumption in central and eastern Europe, prized for its attractive appearance and typical muscat grape flavour. Aromatic white variety sometimes listed as a synonym of Hungarian Irsai Oliver.
Informations about the Winery Les Celliers de l'Iliade
The Winery Les Celliers de l'Iliade is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 94 wines for sale in the of Fitou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Fitou
Languedoc's 1st red AOC (1948), realm of Carignan on 2 separated entities (maritime Leucate lagoon, mountainous Mont Tauch). Signature powerful structured reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry, garrigue, liquorice, pepper and schistous mineral touch, firm tannins and warm mouth — sunny ageing wines (5-15 years). Grenache brings finesse and fruit, Syrah spice, Mourvèdre depth. Schist and limestone soils over ~2,500 ha.
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: Skinny
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
