Top 100 wines of Côtes de Thau

Discover the top 100 best wines of Côtes de Thau of Pays d'Oc as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Côtes de Thau and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Thau

The wine region of Côtes de Thau is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Les Costières de Pomerols or the Domaine VillaViva produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Thau are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Colombard, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Thau often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, pear or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky.

In the mouth of Côtes de Thau is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 44 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Thau, producing 121 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Thau go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Côtes de Thau

wines from the region of Côtes de Thau go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of express seafood spaghetti, vegan leek and tofu quiche or stuffed artichoke.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Côtes de Thau

On the nose in the region of Côtes de Thau often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, pear or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky. In the mouth in the region of Côtes de Thau is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Côtes de Thau

Ausone, Canon, Pichon Comtesse lead en primeur flurry

Bordeaux 2021 en primeur releases really picked up speed this week, and the launch of Ausone, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Canon, Montrose, Léoville Poyferré, Beychevelle and La Gaffelière in recent days – to name just a few – has given prospective buyers plenty to look at. Let’s not forget the debut for Lafite Rothschild 2021, too. Ausone, Canon and Pichon Comtesse 2021 Ausone is St-Emilion wine royalty, of course, and UK merchant Bordeaux Index quoted a release price of £6,000 (12x7 ...

EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines

Following a recent modification of EU rules, member states are now allowed to employ resistant varieties in the production of wines with protected denominations of origin (PDO). The decision, published last week in the Official Journal of the European Union, is part of a wider revision of previous regulations that established common quality schemes, organisation of the market, definitions, descriptions, presentations, and labelling of European agricultural products and foodstuffs. Before the ann ...

The rise of California Cabernet Franc plus 20 top wines worth seeking out

In the wake of the second destructive wave of the phylloxera bug in California in the 1980s and 1990s, Cabernet Sauvignon rose to such prominence and dominance (especially in Napa Valley) that I, like most people, assumed it must now be the most expensive grape variety in the state. Wrong. That would be Cabernet Franc. Top 20 California Cabernet Franc wines Slowly, steadily and quietly, Cabernet Sauvignon’s father has displaced its son* as the priciest grape to buy and the grape that is generati ...