The best wines of Gascogne

Discover the best wines of Gascogne of South West as well as the best winemakers of Gascogne and estates of Gascogne to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Gascogne and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Gascogne by region

Looking for a good wine of Gascogne of South West among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Gascogne. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Gascogne with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Gascogne

Red wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of beer goulash, wild boar with honey or pork chops with veal stock sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Gascogne

On the nose the red wine of the region of Gascogne. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, violet or floral and sometimes also flavors of spices, microbio or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Gascogne. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Gascogne

  • 1995With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1982With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.60/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Gascogne

  • Merlot
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Gascogne

A wine route planned in the region of Gascogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Gascogne.

Discovering the wine region of Gascogne

Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.

The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.

Great white wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Gascogne

White wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon and spinach lasagna, cream and tuna quiche or cheeseburger from a to z.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Gascogne

On the nose the white wine of the region of Gascogne. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grass or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or spices.

The best vintages in white wine of Gascogne

  • 1982With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1984With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.67/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Gascogne

  • Gros Manseng
  • Colombard
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Ugni blanc
  • Petit Manseng

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Gascogne

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Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

Great sparkling wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Gascogne

Sparkling wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms, fresh tuna with sesame seeds or zucchini quiche.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Gascogne

  • N.V.With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Gascogne

  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Gascogne

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The word of the wine: Rimage

"Vintage", in Catalan. A natural sweet wine that is bottled early to preserve its fruitiness, as opposed to those aged in an oxidizing environment (see this word). Syn.: vintage (for maury, port).

Great pink wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Gascogne

Pink wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, spaghetti carbonara or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Gascogne

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Gascogne. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, peach or strawberries. In the mouth the pink wine of the region of Gascogne. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in pink wine of Gascogne

  • 2018With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Gascogne

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tannat
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cinsault

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Gascogne

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Great sweet wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Gascogne

Sweet wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream or traditional lamb couscous (from algeria).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Gascogne

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Gascogne. often reveals types of flavors of grass, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or grapefruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Gascogne

  • 1985With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1987With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Gascogne

  • Gros Manseng
  • Colombard
  • Ugni blanc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Manseng
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Gascogne

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The word of the wine: Provignage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.

Great natural sweet wines of Gascogne

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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Gascogne

Natural sweet wines from the region of Gascogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of brandade of cod from nimes, blanquette of the sea or quiche lorraine.

The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Gascogne

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Gascogne

  • Gros Manseng
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Colombard
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Ugni blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of Gascogne

A wine route planned in the region of Gascogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of Gascogne.

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

News from the vineyard of Gascogne

The Macallan launches 81-year-old whisky

The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...

Iconic Italian wineries partner on wine in space project

The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...

Former mafia boss Michael Franzese targets international expansion for his wine brand

Franzese was known as the ‘yuppie don’ in the 1980s after rising to the rank of caporegime in the Colombo crime family. Fortune Magazine placed him at No. 18 on its 50 Biggest Mafia Bosses list, and he gained a reputation as one of the mob’s biggest earners since Al Capone. He was portrayed by Joseph Bono in Goodfellas. Franzese became a born-again Christian during a lengthy prison sentence for racketeering, and he managed to walk away from the mafia without going into protective custody. He is ...

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    • Ayguetinte
    • Ayzieu
    • Bassoues
    • Buzet
    • Buzet-sur-baise
    • Cadillac
    • Cours
    • Eauze
    • Feugarolles
    • Galgon
    • Gondrin
    • Larroque sur l'osse (gers)
    • Larée
    • Lavardac
    • Le houga
    • Lectoure
    • Montréal du gers
    • Panjas
    • Roussillon
    • Southwest france
    • Toucy
    • Vianne