Bodegas CarrauVilasar Sousão Limited Edition
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Vilasar Sousão Limited Edition of the Bodegas Carrau is in the top 10 of wines of Las Violetas.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Bodegas Carrau's Vilasar Sousão Limited Edition.
Discover the grape variety: Bobal
This grape variety is widely cultivated in Spain under the name béni carlo. It was introduced into the Languedoc-Roussillon region of Narbonne around 1870.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vilasar Sousão Limited Edition from Bodegas Carrau are 2004, 0, 2000
Informations about the Bodegas Carrau
The Bodegas Carrau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 91 wines for sale in the of Las Violetas to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Las Violetas
The wine region of Las Violetas is located in the region of Canelones of Uruguay. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bouza or the Domaine Bouza produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Las Violetas are Tannat, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Las Violetas often reveals types of flavors of oak, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or non oak.
The wine region of Canelones
The Canelones administrative department, Northeast of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, is home to the majority of Uruguay's Vineyards and accounts for aRound 60 percent of all wine produced in the country. It Lies in the South of the small South American country, where the majority of vines are planted, inland from the Atlantic coast and the Rio de la Plata estuary. The region itself covers a broad arc approximately 50km (30 miles) Deep, drawn clockwise from the northwestern outskirts of Montevideo round to the coastline east of the capital city. The eponymous administrative capital of the region lies 50km (31 miles) to the north of Montevideo.
The word of the wine: Pinot meunier
Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.
