Winery TasquierCôtes de Provence Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Côtes de Provence Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Côtes de Provence Rouge
The Côtes de Provence Rouge of Winery Tasquier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, lamb tagine with olives and honey or mussels with curry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tasquier's Côtes de Provence Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Iona
It is said to come from a seedling of diana - the latter is also a seedling of catawba - and propagated in 1860 by Dr. C.W. Grant, the introduction in the United States would date from 1863. Other ampelographers give it as coming directly from a seedling of catawba. The only certainty is that it is an interspecific cross with Vitis Labrusca as a parent. It should be noted that it is the parent of the diamond and the golden muscat. Iona can be found in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, etc. In France it is totally unknown. This variety can only be of interest to amateur gardeners, on the one hand to enlarge their collections and on the other hand, because it produces an excellent juice.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Côtes de Provence Rouge from Winery Tasquier are 2017, 2008
Informations about the Winery Tasquier
The Winery Tasquier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
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.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Downy mildew
Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.
