Winery Les Celliers de MeknèsRabbi Jacob
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, mature and hard cheese or spicy food.
Food and wine pairings with Rabbi Jacob
Pairings that work perfectly with Rabbi Jacob
Original food and wine pairings with Rabbi Jacob
The Rabbi Jacob of Winery Les Celliers de Meknès matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, moroccan veal tagine from hanane or cheese cromesquis.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Celliers de Meknès's Rabbi Jacob.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rabbi Jacob from Winery Les Celliers de Meknès are 2016
Informations about the Winery Les Celliers de Meknès
The Winery Les Celliers de Meknès is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 83 wines for sale in the of Guerrouane to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Guerrouane
The wine region of Guerrouane is located in the region of Meknès of Morocco. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine des Ouled Thaleb or the Les Deux Domaines produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Guerrouane are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Mourvèdre and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Guerrouane often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red cherry or cedar and sometimes also flavors of dark chocolate, raisin or tropical.
The wine region of Meknès
Morocco, located in Northwestern North Africa, is an ancient kingdom whose history is as diverse as its geography. Influenced over the centuries by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and various modern European powers, it remains a bridge between Europe and the African continent. The Atlas Mountains, which run through the country, are all that separate the vast Sahara Desert from the cool expanses of the Atlantic. Similarly, the 16 km Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Morocco from Spain, is all that separates Islamic North Africa from Christian Southern Europe.
The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
