Winery Rivages & CepagesPays Charentais Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Pays Charentais Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Pays Charentais Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Pays Charentais Merlot
The Pays Charentais Merlot of Winery Rivages & Cepages matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot-au-feu or cassoulet.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rivages & Cepages's Pays Charentais Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
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.
Informations about the Winery Rivages & Cepages
The Winery Rivages & Cepages is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Cognac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cognac
Cognac is the most famous brandy in the world, more famous even than its OldGascon cousin, Armagnac. It comes from the Charentais, a vast region of western France immediately North of Bordeaux, and takes its name from the historic town of Cognac - the long-standing epicentre of local brandy production. In French, cognac is technically classified as an eau-de-vie de vin - a category that covers all spirits distilled from wine. The Full and official name of the brandy is actually "Eau-de-Vie de Cognac" or "Eau-de-Vie des Charentes", but the Short version has become so common that these longer versions almost never appear on labels.
The word of the wine: White winemaking
White wines are obtained by fermentation of the juice after pressing. A pre-fermentation maceration is sometimes practiced to extract the aromatic substances from the skins. White wines are normally made from white grapes, but can also be made from red grapes (blanc de noirs). The grapes are then pressed as soon as they arrive at the vat house without maceration in order to prevent the colouring matter contained in the skins from "staining" the wine.
