Winery Les Vins du LittoralRoyalys Cuvee Réservée
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Vins du Littoral's Royalys Cuvee Réservée.
Discover the grape variety: Limberger
Without much certainty, its origin would be German. It is a very old variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, etc. Today, the Limberger is less and less multiplied. It is a direct descendant of the white gouais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Royalys Cuvee Réservée from Winery Les Vins du Littoral are 2013, 2016, 2015, 2014
Informations about the Winery Les Vins du Littoral
The Winery Les Vins du Littoral is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 242 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
