Description
AOP Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, Chateau Virant, Owner-Grower, Sandeel of Provence (13).
Tasting
The Cuvée des Oliviers is ideal with red meats, gourmet dishes and game. It is a wine that will also express new flavors when accompanied by mature cheeses.. At last, and for the most daring, trying it with chocolate will reveal intense sensations and new flavors on the sides of the tongue.
Winemaking
Two fermentations are at work to produce this wine : alcoholic fermentation followed by malolactic fermentation.
grape varieties
Cabernet, Syrah
Degrees : 14,5 % vol.
Awards
- The Cuvée des Oliviers regularly obtains medals at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris. Among the most recent, in 2015 et 2016, she got the gold medal, in 2020, the bronze medal.
- The Concours Général Agricole de Paris allows farmers to position themselves in relation to their colleagues on the same appellation. Château Virant with its wines, its olive oils, wins medals every year in this competition, making it one of the most awarded estates in France.
- The Cuvée des Oliviers also obtains medals at the Aix en Provence competition. Among the most recent, in 2014, 2016, 2017 et 2018 she got the golden crown.
- The Aix en Provence competition identifies the best wines of the Aix en Provence Protégée appellation. It is a competition of producers whose wines are evaluated by professionals of the appellation. Chateau Virant, with its many cuvées has always been a worthy winner.
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