Winery Sieur d'ArquesVanel Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Vanel Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Vanel Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Vanel Merlot
The Vanel Merlot of Winery Sieur d'Arques matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples or pheasant casserole with cabbage.
Details and technical informations about Winery Sieur d'Arques's Vanel 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vanel Merlot from Winery Sieur d'Arques are 2016, 2012, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Sieur d'Arques
The Winery Sieur d'Arques is one of wineries to follow in Pays d'Oc.. It offers 235 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
