Regions & Areas

 Regions & Areas

 Regions of France

• Map of France
• Alsace
• Bordeaux
• Burgundy and Beaujolais
• Champagne
• Jura
• Languedoc Roussillon
• Provence Corse
• Savoie
• Sud Ouest
• Loire Valley
• Rhône Valley
• Others

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 Regions of Spain

• Regions and areas from Spain

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 Regions and areas from the world

• Regions and areas Country by Country

Grape varieties

Grape varieties

The wine grape varieties and their universe

• The wine grape and the berry
• The aroma of the white wine grape varieties
• The aroma of the red wine grape varieties
• The complete list

Cook & Wine

Cook & Wine

The recipes and the associated wines

• Introduction
• The starters
• The dishes
• The cheeses
• The desserts

Wine Cellar

Wine Cellar

The advices to organize and manage his cellar

• Introduction
• The storage conditions
• The racks in the wine cellar
• The wine cellar composition proposals

Vintages & Classifications

Vintages & Classifications

Classifications in Bordeaux

• The Graves Classification of 1959
• The Medoc Classification of 1855
• The Medoc Cru Bourgeois Classification of 2003
• The Unofficial Classification of Pomerol
• The Saint Emilion Classification of 2006
• The Sauternes and Barsac Classification of 1855

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The Vintage tables of France

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Alsace and Lorraine
• The Vintage tables of Beaujolais
• The Vintage tables of Bordeaux
• The Vintage tables of Burgundy
• The Vintage tables of Champagne
• The Vintage tables of Loire Valley
• The Vintage tables of Rhône Valley

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The Vintage tables of the world

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Argentina
• The Vintage tables of Australia
• The Vintage tables of Austria
• The Vintage tables of Chile
• The Vintage tables of Germany
• The Vintage tables of Italy
• The Vintage tables of New-Zealand
• The Vintage tables of Portugal
• The Vintage tables of Spain
• The Vintage tables of South Africa
• The Vintage tables of United States

Wine universe

Wine universe

Wine labels

• Wine labels and legals
• The wine labels from Mouton-Rothschild
• The wine labels from Siran

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Wine bottles

• Wine bottle sizes
• Wine bottle shapes

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Wine stuff

• Glasses
• Corkscrews
• Cork

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Speaking about wine

• Wine dictionnary

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LESQUERDE

Zone

La zone de production se trouve à une quarantaine de kilomètres à l'ouest de Perpignan, plus précisément à l'intérieur des communes de Lansac, Lesquerde et Rasiguères dans le département des Pyrénées orientales.

Year of AOC classification

AOC Côtes du Roussillon-Villages 1977

Declared production area

la surface totale de l'appellation Côtes du Roussillon-Villages représente près de 2070 ha

Authorized varieties

Noirs : carignan(60% au maximum), grenache, lledoner pelut, mourvèdre et syrah. Le mourvèdre et la syrah doivent représenter, ensemble ou séparément, un minimum de 30%.

Winemaking

Vinifié en rouge uniquement. Les vins doivent provenir d'un assemblage d'au moins 3 cépages. Le carignan est toujours vinifié en macération carbonique.

Time to keep

de 5 à 6 ans

Service temperature

entre 15 et 16°

Suggested dishes

un civet de sanglier, une viande rouge grillée, un gibier à plume ou des paupiettes de veau aux pruneaux.