Coteaux de la Ceze, Domaine Maby 2010
Description
This red Vin de Pays des Coteaux de la Cèze from Domaine Maby is made from equal parts of Cinsault and Syrah, and is a pleasing mouthful of bright red fruit with pleasant peppery notes.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Medium-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Lirac,
- Producer: La Famille Maby
- Vintage: 2010
- Grape variety (Cépage): Cinsault, Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Charcuterie, Lamb
- Cellarage: Drinks well when released and up to 6 years from vintage.
- Vinification: Fruit from 20 year old vines is destalked, pressed and fermented for 12 days in stainless steel vats. Malolactic fermentation is encouraged. The wine is aged for 12 months in used oak barrels, filtered and bottled between 18 months and 2 years after the vintage. The yield is 55 hectolitres per hectare.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Coteaux de la Cèze, Domaine Maby 2010
Coteaux de la Cèze is a zonal Vin de Pays on the far Eastern border of the Gard département. It produces two-thirds red wine and one-third rosé, but very little white.
This red wine is ideal for picnics and barbecues and carefree everyday drinking. Indeed, the sort of wine it is useful to have open in the kitchen to sip at, cook with and offer to impromptu vistors.