Winery VinovalieCave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire of Winery Vinovalie in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak.
Food and wine pairings with Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire
Pairings that work perfectly with Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire
Original food and wine pairings with Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire
The Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire of Winery Vinovalie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or haddock with curry cream.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vinovalie's Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cave de Rabastens - Privilège Carte noire from Winery Vinovalie are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Vinovalie
The Winery Vinovalie is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 92 wines for sale in the of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gaillac
The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.
The wine region of South West
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The word of the wine: Shoulder
The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.
