What it pairs with
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Roast chicken with tarragon
Fragrant cherry-fruited Saint-Amour suits classic French roast poultry. -
Prosciutto and melon
The northern cru's lighter style works as an aperitif wine with charcuterie. -
River fish with beurre blanc
Light tannin Saint-Amour is one of the few reds pairing well with delicate river fish.
History
Domaine du Manoir du Carra is based in the village of Saint-Amour-Bellevue, the northernmost Beaujolais cru. The domaine produces fragrant, cherry-fruited Gamay from sandy granite soils.
- 1985 — First bottling under the Manoir du Carra label
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine du Manoir du Carra
- Grapes
- Gamay
- Classification
- Saint-Amour AOC
- Oak
- Old large oak foudres, traditional Beaujolais semi-carbonic maceration
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 14-22 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-7 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1985