Winery PlaimontCarrieu Saint-Mont Cuvée Sélectionnée
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Plaimont's Carrieu Saint-Mont Cuvée Sélectionnée.
Discover the grape variety: Sousão
Intensely coloured and structured reds with a dense purple robe, firm tannins and a powerful palate with high acidity, showing signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), spices, violet and mineral notes. Traditional component of Vintage Port and great Douro DOC reds, also of Minho Vinho Verde reds. Portuguese autochthonous black grape, identical to Vinhão and Galician Sousón.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Carrieu Saint-Mont Cuvée Sélectionnée from Winery Plaimont are 2012, 2016, 2017, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Plaimont
The Winery Plaimont is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 362 wines for sale in the of Saint-Mont to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Mont
South West AOC on the Pyrenean piedmont (Gers, AOC 2011, ~1,250 ha): Tannat signature red king complemented by Pinenc (Fer Servadou), Cabernet Sauvignon and Tardif — signature imposing tannic structure from Tannat, dark robe and exceptional ageing, aromatic finesse of Pinenc with fresh red fruits softening the frame. Gros Manseng, Petit Courbu and Arrufiac in aromatic whites. White clay-limestone soils, Gascon tawny sands, degraded oceanic climate.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Gourmet
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