The Château Ricardelle is one of the best wineries to follow in Languedoc-Roussillon.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Ricardelle wines in Languedoc-Roussillon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Ricardelle wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Ricardelle wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Ricardelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, pasta with vegetables or porcini sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Château Ricardelle. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Ricardelle. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.
How Château Ricardelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of family potluck or cheese cromesquis.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
How Château Ricardelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, salmon and goat cheese quiche or kefta.
On the nose the white wine of Château Ricardelle. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Ricardelle. is a powerful.
Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.
How Château Ricardelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mascarpone/gorgonzola macaroni gratin, cream and tuna quiche or tuna and tomato mini quiches without batter.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
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Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.
