Château Rouquette Sur MerCuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge of the Château Rouquette Sur Mer is in the top 30 of wines of La Clape.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge of Château Rouquette Sur Mer in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, tobacco or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, chocolate or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge
The Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge of Château Rouquette Sur Mer matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), tajine of mutton or spaghetti all 'amatriciana.
Details and technical informations about Château Rouquette Sur Mer's Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Mérille
Originally from the Tarn-et-Garonne, the merille is a member of the cotoïdes family. It has long occupied the vineyards of Bergerac. It is often planted with négrette N or côt N. Nowadays, it is only grown on a hundred hectares in all. The young leaves of the Merille are heart-shaped. Its bunches are larger than average. The berries are bluish-black in colour and are also large and tightly packed. Merillas are associated with a regular and high production. It is often exposed to attacks by grape worms, leafhoppers and mites. It also fears grey rot but is not very sensitive to powdery mildew and mildew. This variety has 3 approved clones, not yet multiplied, namely 790, 445 and 444. It does not like soils with excessive humidity. It buds early and ripens later. Merille produces a light, not very aromatic, flat and simple wine.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Henry Lapierre La Clape Rouge from Château Rouquette Sur Mer are 2017, 2008, 2015, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Château Rouquette Sur Mer
The Château Rouquette Sur Mer is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of La Clape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of La Clape
The wine region of La Clape is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château la Négly or the Château la Négly produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of La Clape are Mourvèdre, Bourboulenc and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of La Clape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, white pepper or apples and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, bramble or black olive.
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: Reassembly
During the vinification process, a "cap" is formed at the top of the vats with the solid parts (skin, pulp, pips, etc.), which contain tannins and colouring elements. Pumping over consists of emptying the vat from the bottom and pouring the juice back to the top, in order to mix the cap and the juice and to favour the exchange and the extraction. This old technique allows a better exchange between the solid parts and the liquid.
