The Winery Les Clos des Pères of Minervois La Livinière of Languedoc-Roussillon

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The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 27 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Minervois La Livinière in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Les Clos des Pères is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Minervois La Livinière to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Clos des Pères wines

Looking for the best Winery Les Clos des Pères wines in Minervois La Livinière among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Clos des Pères wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Les Clos des Pères wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Clos des Pères

How Winery Les Clos des Pères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or pasta such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), fondue with comté cheese or bean soup and spaghetti (traditional andalusian dish).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Les Clos des Pères. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères

  • 2015With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.49/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères.

  • Carignan
  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsault

Discovering the wine region of Minervois La Livinière

The wine region of Minervois La Livinière is located in the region of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gérard Bertrand or the Domaine Gérard Bertrand produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Minervois La Livinière are Mourvèdre, Cabernet franc and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Minervois La Livinière often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, toasty or cedar and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, mushroom or dark chocolate.

In the mouth of Minervois La Livinière is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 69 estates and châteaux in the of Minervois La Livinière, producing 134 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Minervois La Livinière go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Les Clos des Pères

How Winery Les Clos des Pères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of quick salmon and zucchini lasagna, summer tuna quiche or spaetzle.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères.

  • Grenache Gris

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

The top pink wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Les Clos des Pères

How Winery Les Clos des Pères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of soy and shrimp noodles, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or beet hummus dip.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Les Clos des Pères.

  • Cinsault
  • Carignan

The word of the wine: Roussette

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Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Les Clos des Pères and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

The word of the wine: Roussette

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