Winery Luc Pirlet - Reserve Merlot

Winery Luc PirletReserve Merlot

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Reserve Merlot of Winery Luc Pirlet is a red wine from the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

earthy, leather

On the nose the Reserve Merlot of Winery Luc Pirlet in the region of Vin de Pays often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruits or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or earth.

Food and wine pairings with Reserve Merlot

Pairings that work perfectly with Reserve Merlot

Original food and wine pairings with Reserve Merlot

The Reserve Merlot of Winery Luc Pirlet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.

Details and technical informations about Winery Luc Pirlet's Reserve Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Reserve Merlot - 2018
In the top 100 of of Pays d'Oc wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Reserve Merlot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Pays d'Oc wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Reserve Merlot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Pays d'Oc wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Reserve Merlot - 2015
In the top 100 of of Pays d'Oc wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Reserve Merlot from Winery Luc Pirlet are 2017, 2018, 2016, 2015

Informations about the Winery Luc Pirlet

The winery offers 70 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Pays d'Oc in the region of Vin de Pays

The Winery Luc Pirlet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 71 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Vin de Pays
In the top 25000 of of France wines
In the top 2500 of of Pays d'Oc wines
In the top 60000 of red wines
In the top 95000 wines of the world

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 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".

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The word of the wine: Rich

Said of a complex and concentrated wine, whose power suggests a good capacity for ageing.

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