Winery Plou & FilsElixir Malbec
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Elixir Malbec
Pairings that work perfectly with Elixir Malbec
Original food and wine pairings with Elixir Malbec
The Elixir Malbec of Winery Plou & Fils matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tagine with prunes and almonds, caramel pork or savoyard tarts.
Details and technical informations about Winery Plou & Fils's Elixir Malbec.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Elixir Malbec from Winery Plou & Fils are 2014, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Plou & Fils
The Winery Plou & Fils is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Touraine-Amboise to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine-Amboise
The wine region of Touraine-Amboise is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine La Grange Tiphaine or the Domaine La Grange Tiphaine produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine-Amboise are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Côt, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine-Amboise often reveals types of flavors of cherry, minerality or smoke and sometimes also flavors of black currant, strawberries or vegetal.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Grey (wine)
Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.
