The Winery Pierre Fontaine is one of the best wineries to follow in Minervois.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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How Winery Pierre Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with tuna, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or koka (spanish pie).
Mediterranean Languedoc reds (84% of output) north of the Canal du Midi. Signature Syrah with notes of blackberry, violet, black pepper and garrigue, blended with dense Mourvèdre, sunny Grenache (candied red fruits, spices) and old-vine Carignan (black fruits, dry herbs, firm tannins). Fleshy palate, freshness at altitude. Minervois-La Livinière cru at the top (1999), dense and age-worthy.
Also fresh rosés and minority whites. 4,400 ha of limestone, schist and sandstone soils.
How Winery Pierre Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), multicoloured butterfly pasta or milanese osso buco.
Light, elegant reds with a clear ruby colour, smooth tannins and an airy, fresh palate; signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), rose, Mediterranean spices and garrigue notes. Also made into fresh, easy-drinking rosés. Star of Bellet AOC on the hillsides above Nice, hallmark of the Alpes-Maritimes terroir. Indigenous French black grape from the Alpes-Maritimes, formerly called Brachet.
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Elegant, taut reds with a pale ruby colour (often compared to Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo), fine tannins and high acidity, on aromas of red cherry, raspberry, Mediterranean herbs, dried flowers, spices, graphite and volcanic mineral notes. Fine ageing potential. The absolute star of Etna Rosso DOC, thriving on the black lava flows of the north and east contrade. Also in Faro DOC. Native Sicilian high-altitude grape.
