Winery Lionel DufourCuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère
The Cuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère of Winery Lionel Dufour matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of scottish haggis, multicoloured butterfly pasta or veal paupiettes with forestry sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lionel Dufour's Cuvée Saint Graal Cotes de Malepère.
Discover the grape variety: Bourboulenc
Bourboulenc is mainly grown in the southern part of France. It is a white grape variety that ripens quite late. It can only be harvested around 25 September and for an average of only one month. Bourboulenc is particularly fond of low-lying, but at the same time warm and dry locations. The aroma of this grape variety is not very pronounced, but it has a certain exotic fruit and floral aroma such as broom. The result is a low alcohol wine with subtle and fleeting aromas. Blanquette, bourboulanc, bourboulenque, doucillon, clairette dorée and clairette blanche are all names that can designate bourboulenc. This grape variety is very sensitive to diseases common to all vine plants such as magnesium deficiency, mildew and oidium. Bourboulenc can be used as a table grape. Most French people keep the bunches until Christmas in order to present them on the festive table as desserts.
Informations about the Winery Lionel Dufour
The Winery Lionel Dufour is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 270 wines for sale in the of Malepère to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Malepère
Malepere is an appellation of red and rosé wines from an area immediately Southwest of Carcassonne in the Languedoc-Rousillon wine region of southern France. The appellation was created as VDQS Côtes de la Malepere in January 1983 and was promoted to FullAOC status in 2007, under the simpler name Malepere. As with the stylistically similar Cabardes appellation (directly to the North), Malepere wines are made from an eclectic combination of Bordeaux and Languedoc grapes. Merlot is the most widely used, combined with Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Grenache, Syrah and Cinsaut.
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: Wiring
Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.
