The Château de Lascaux of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon
The Château de Lascaux is one of the best wineries to follow in Languedoc.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Languedoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château de Lascaux wines in Languedoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Lascaux 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 Château de Lascaux wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château de Lascaux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, phad thai (thai style fried noodles) or oven-baked veal cutlets.
On the nose the red wine of Château de Lascaux. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or black fruits and sometimes also flavors of leather, vanilla or dark fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Lascaux. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.
How Château de Lascaux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pad thai, cream and tuna quiche or christmas boots in knacki.
On the nose the pink wine of Château de Lascaux. often reveals types of flavors of peach, minerality or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château de Lascaux. is a with a nice freshness.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
How Château de Lascaux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, quiche without pastry or simple endive gratin with gruyere cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Château de Lascaux. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apricot or lemon and sometimes also flavors of melon, earth or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Château de Lascaux. is a with a nice freshness.
Aeration is the process of decanting the wine to oxygenate it and thus promote the expression of the aromatic range and the harmony of the flavours.
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White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
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The Roussillon is home to a range of wine styles, at varying price points. Sweet fortified wines (vin doux naturel) used to dominate production, with still dry wines (vin sec) in the minority. In the last 30 years, however, this has completely changed, and vin sec now makes up the majority (80%) of the Roussillon’s output. The recent Wines of Roussillon tasting, held in London, not only highlighted many good quality dry wines being produced, but also cemented the idea that Roussillon whites are ...
Aeration is the process of decanting the wine to oxygenate it and thus promote the expression of the aromatic range and the harmony of the flavours.