Château des Tourelles - Mas des TourellesLe Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes from the Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes of Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes
Original food and wine pairings with Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes
The Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes of Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.
Details and technical informations about Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles's Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat à petits grains
Muscat à petits grains 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Champ de Coquelicots Costières-de-Nîmes from Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles are 2016
Informations about the Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles
The Château des Tourelles - Mas des Tourelles is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes
The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Sweet
Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.
