The Château Tour Saint Honore is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes de Provence.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Tour Saint Honore wines in Côtes de Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Tour Saint Honore 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 Tour Saint Honore wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Tour Saint Honore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of cannelloni with salmon and spinach, jambalaya (louisiana) or fish colombo.
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
This wine is mainly made from the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsaut grapes, as well as the quintessential Provence red Tibouren. Although clearly a minority, the Volume of red wine produced under this title (and elsewhere in Provence) is increasing and currently represents about 15% of the total. Grapes such as the three key Rhone varieties mentioned above and Cabernet Sauvignon (introduced here in the 1960s) are being used by a New wave of winemakers eager to demonstrate that rosé is not the only interesting wine in the region. Only about five percent of Côtes de Provence wines are made from white grapes, particularly Rolle (Vermentino).
How Château Tour Saint Honore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of endive frichti, rice with seafood or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Tour Saint Honore. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, strawberries or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, watermelon or red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Tour Saint Honore. is a with a nice freshness.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
How Château Tour Saint Honore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, lamb mice confit in port wine or piperade.
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Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
