Winery MichelasCrozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Crozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud
Pairings that work perfectly with Crozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud
Original food and wine pairings with Crozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud
The Crozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud of Winery Michelas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, gypsy sauce or rabbit socks in gibelotte.
Details and technical informations about Winery Michelas's Crozes - Hermitage Réservée Francois Arnaud.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Informations about the Winery Michelas
The Winery Michelas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Crozes-Hermitage to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crozes-Hermitage
Largest cru of the northern Rhône around Tain: signature Syrah as the exclusive king red - fruity and accessible with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, violet, black pepper and a black-olive touch, supple tannins, more approachable than Hermitage. Marsanne and Roussanne in ample whites (peach, apricot, honey, white flowers, almond). AOC (1937), ~1,700 ha over 11 communes (Drôme), granite on northern slopes, pebble-loess on the plain, ageing 3-8 years.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
France's 2nd-largest AOC vineyard, two complementary worlds. Northern: pure Syrah in signature reds (Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, Cornas), deep and peppery with blackberry, violet, black olive and smoked bacon notes, exceptional ageing. Opulent Viognier whites (Condrieu, apricot, flowers) and ample Marsanne-Roussanne. Southern: sun-soaked Grenache blends at Châteauneuf, Gigondas, Vacqueyras (candied fruit, garrigue).
The word of the wine: Clear
Said of a wine that is clear and brilliant in colour and contains no suspended matter.
