Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de MinervoisPetit Grain
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Petit Grain of Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of cream, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of apricot, pear or orange.
Food and wine pairings with Petit Grain
Pairings that work perfectly with Petit Grain
Original food and wine pairings with Petit Grain
The Petit Grain of Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of papillotes of swordfish with curry or apple pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois's Petit Grain.
Discover the grape variety: Segalin
Ségalin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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-sized bunches and small grapes. Ségalin noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Petit Grain from Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois are 2015, 2012, 2008
Informations about the Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois
The Winery Les Vignerons de Saint Jean de Minervois is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Muscat de St. Jean de Minervois
Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois is a Sweet, fortified, natural wine appellation from the Languedoc wine region in Southern France. The wines are based on the Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains Grape variety. Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois wines are produced using a traditional sweet winemaking process called Mutage, which involves adding Alcohol to the grape must to prematurely stop the Yeast">yeast and thus the Fermentation process. They generally have a residual sugar content of about 125 grams per litre and an alcohol content of about 15%.
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: Concentrate
Said of a wine that is rich in all its components (sugars in sweet wines, tannins in red wines, aromatic compounds) and that leaves an impression of density, intensity and depth.
