Vignobles Cap LeucateRéserve Fitou
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Fitou
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Fitou
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Fitou
The Réserve Fitou of Vignobles Cap Leucate matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef with dark beer, gypsy sauce or piperade.
Details and technical informations about Vignobles Cap Leucate's Réserve Fitou.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Réserve Fitou from Vignobles Cap Leucate are 2012, 2015, 2016, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Vignobles Cap Leucate
The Vignobles Cap Leucate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Languedoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Languedoc
Sunny, generous southern reds: spicy, peppery Syrah, round, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), deep Mourvèdre, structured Carignan, supple Cinsault. From robust Corbières and Minervois to fresher Terrasses du Larzac, via Faugères on schist or taut Pic Saint-Loup. Lively, iodised Picpoul de Pinet whites (oysters), ample Roussanne and Marsanne. 14 sub-appellations, ~10,000 ha in regional AOC.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
