Details

  • Type: White
  • Country: France
  • Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
  • Vintage: 2019/2019
  • Producer: Rare Vineyards
  • Primary grape: Marsanne
  • Secondary grape: Viognier
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • List price: £7.56
  • Code: 23884
  • Vegetarian Vegetarian
  • Vegan Vegan
  • Screwcap Screwcap
  • Sulphites Sulphites

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Expression

Juicy, fruit-driven, ripe whites

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Seafood Paella
  • Fruity nature makes these flexible with many cheeses. Semi-soft cheeses e.g. Brie, Camembert. Chaumes, Cheddar, Comte
  • Firm white fish grilled, seared, baked or casseroled. Fish cakes, paella, salmon, scallops, sea bass, sea bream
  • Basil, coriander, cumin, ginger, lemongrass, mustard, tarragon
  • Grilled, braised, roast, seared white meats: chicken, pork, turkey, veal. Duck, gammon, goose
  • BBQ, chestnut sauce, fish-based sauces, creamy sauces e.g. carbonara, hollandaise, parsley sauce, pesto
  • Thai dishes (sweeter). Chinese (Cantonese). Mild or creamy Indian dishes e.g. chicken korma, tandoori fish, red-lentil dahl
  • Caesar, chicken, egg, fish or seafood salad. Carrot, endive, leek, lentils, onion tart, parsnip, sweetcorn, risotto

About the Wine

This super white Wine created by Rare Vineyards is made in the Pays d'Oc area of Languedoc-Roussillon. This wine is exclusive to Matthew Clark, you won't find it at multiple retailers. Available in 75cl bottles, distributed in the UK by LGI (Viticulteurs de L'Union). Rare Vineyards Marsanne-Viognier, Pays d'Oc is an inviting wine, made from Viognier grapes. This screwcap wine is like many wines in our list, this wine is suitable for vegan diets. Lovely fruit-driven flavours for rich seafood, tasty chicken or spicy pork dishes.

Viognier

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Viognier produces aromatic and sometimes exotic wines, it may be thought of as a variety that offers some the approachable rich body nature of a Chardonnay, but with a more aromatic fruity character of peach and apricot. Now widely planted, almost always dry in style.

Flavours:

  • Apricot Apricot
  • Ginger Ginger
  • Honeysuckle Honeysuckle
  • Lime Lime
  • Peach Peach

Marsanne

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This wine grape is considered the most popular variety of white wine grape planted in the region of Northern Rhone. It possesses a number of rich qualities with rich textures and an enhancing flavour.

Flavours:

  • Acacia Acacia
  • Apricot Apricot
  • Beeswax Beeswax
  • Mandarin Orange Mandarin Orange
  • Quince Quince

The Country

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France

Following on from a fantastic vintage the year before, French vineyards endured a mixed bag of weather conditions in the early part of the growing season followed by a long, hot summer which produced some memorable wines, even to rival to the excellence of the previous year.

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