Winery Les Terres RoussesCôtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvée Les Balmettes
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Côtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvée Les Balmettes
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Original food and wine pairings with Côtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvée Les Balmettes
The Côtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvée Les Balmettes of Winery Les Terres Rousses matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, pad thai or bacon and mushroom tagliatelle.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Terres Rousses's Côtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvée Les Balmettes.
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.
Informations about the Winery Les Terres Rousses
The Winery Les Terres Rousses is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Roussillon Villages to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon Villages
The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon Villages is located in the region of Côtes du Roussillon of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine du Clos des Fées or the Domaine de Rombeau produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes du Roussillon Villages are Mourvèdre, Lledoner pelut and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes du Roussillon Villages often reveals types of flavors of cherry, anise or black plum and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or fennel.
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.
The word of the wine: Destemming
Operation consisting in eliminating the vegetal part of the bunch supporting the berries, its maceration with the must giving a herbaceous taste to the wine.
