Château PortalCuvée Haute Expression Minervois
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois from the Château Portal
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois of Château Portal in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois of Château Portal in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of oaky, black fruits or cheese and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois
The Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois of Château Portal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew, lasagna calabrese or vital tone / vitello tonnato (italy).
Details and technical informations about Château Portal's Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois.
Discover the grape variety: Montils
Montils blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Charente). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium size. Montils blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Haute Expression Minervois from Château Portal are 2016, 2015, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Informations about the Château Portal
The Château Portal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minervois
Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.
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: Arching
A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.
