Winery Prieur BarsanneFitou
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 Fitou from the Winery Prieur Barsanne
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Fitou of Winery Prieur Barsanne in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Fitou
Pairings that work perfectly with Fitou
Original food and wine pairings with Fitou
The Fitou of Winery Prieur Barsanne matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or veal shank in a pot au feu with star anise.
Details and technical informations about Winery Prieur Barsanne's Fitou.
Discover the grape variety: Cayuga
Complex interspecific cross between white seyval (5-276 Seyve-Villard) and schuyler obtained in 1945 by Robinson Willard B. and Einset John at Cornell University in Geneva (USA). It can also be found in Canada, almost unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fitou from Winery Prieur Barsanne are 2017, 2018, 2014, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Prieur Barsanne
The Winery Prieur Barsanne is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Fitou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Fitou
Fitou is a red wine appellation in the heart of the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in southern France. The wine takes its name from a small Village located a few kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The typical Fitou wine is not dissimilar to the reds produced in the neighbouring Corbières (i. e.
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: Decanting
A sommelier uses a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
