The Winery Charles Hours of South West

Winery Charles Hours - Cuvée Marie Jurançon Sec
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 36 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Winery Charles Hours is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Charles Hours wines

Looking for the best Winery Charles Hours wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Charles Hours wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Charles Hours wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Charles Hours

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Charles Hours

How Winery Charles Hours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Charles Hours

On the nose the white wine of Winery Charles Hours. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, toasty or nectarine and sometimes also flavors of floral, citrus fruit or spices.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Charles Hours

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Charles Hours.

  • Manseng
  • Gros Manseng

Discovering the wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

The top sweet wines of Winery Charles Hours

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Charles Hours

How Winery Charles Hours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Charles Hours

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Charles Hours. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, microbio or honey and sometimes also flavors of melon, elderflower or mango.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Charles Hours

  • 2003With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Charles Hours.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Gros Manseng

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...

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Charles Hours

Planning a wine route in the of South West? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Charles Hours.

Discover the grape variety: Manseng

Manseng noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South West). 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 bunches of medium to large size, and grapes of small to medium size. Manseng noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Winery Charles Hours and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Open

Said of a wine with a full and expressive nose, generally at its peak.