Vignerons de RabastensCuvée Raimond IV Gaillac
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Vignerons de Rabastens's Cuvée Raimond IV Gaillac.
Discover the grape variety: Gamay Fréaux
Deeply coloured, simple reds with an opaque purple hue (red pulp), supple tannins and a light palate with moderate acidity, showing discreet red fruit aromas. Teinturier profile. Formerly used to intensify the colour of southern and Burgundian blends, now marginal, surviving in a few variety collections for its patrimonial value and genetic interest. Teinturier variation of Gamay developed in the 19th century.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Raimond IV Gaillac from Vignerons de Rabastens are 2008
Informations about the Vignerons de Rabastens
The Vignerons de Rabastens is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 51 wines for sale in the of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gaillac
Millennia-old South-West mosaic (banks of the Tarn) with rare native grapes: Mauzac reigns in whites — dry, pearled or sweet with notes of apple, pear, honey and white flowers, signature freshness. Ample Loin-de-l'œil and Ondenc complement. Duras in spicy, peppery reds, fleshy Braucol (Fer Servadou) (blackcurrant, raspberry, blackberry, structured tannins) and Syrah in blends. Iconic ancestral-method Gaillac sparkling.
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: Phenolic ripeness
A distinction is made between the ripeness of sugars and acids and the ripeness of tannins and other compounds such as anthocyanins and tannins, which will bring structure and colour. Grapes can be measured at 13° potential without having reached this phenolic maturity. Vinified at this stage, they will give hard, astringent wines, without charm.
