Winery Tournée du SudPicpoul de Pinet
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a .
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or lean fish.
Taste structure of the Picpoul de Pinet from the Winery Tournée du Sud
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Picpoul de Pinet of Winery Tournée du Sud in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a .
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Picpoul de Pinet of Winery Tournée du Sud in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or lime and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Picpoul de Pinet
Pairings that work perfectly with Picpoul de Pinet
Original food and wine pairings with Picpoul de Pinet
The Picpoul de Pinet of Winery Tournée du Sud matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of three ways to prepare chinese noodles, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or teriyaki chicken.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tournée du Sud's Picpoul de Pinet.
Discover the grape variety: Foch
Interspecific crossing between 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann around 1911. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Léon Millot. Maréchal Foch is still found in Canada (Quebec) where it is the first black grape variety, in the north-east of the United States, etc. In France, it is hardly present in the vineyard any more, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties list A.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Picpoul de Pinet from Winery Tournée du Sud are 2011, 2017, 2015
Informations about the Winery Tournée du Sud
The Winery Tournée du Sud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Picpoul de Pinet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Picpoul de Pinet
The wine region of Picpoul de Pinet is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Julie Benau or the Domaine Domitia produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Picpoul de Pinet are Chardonnay, Mourvèdre and Folle blanche, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Picpoul de Pinet often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, salt or fennel and sometimes also flavors of banana, guava or passion fruit.
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: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
