The Château Adelaide is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Adelaide wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Adelaide 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 Adelaide wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Adelaide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna with tomatoes in the oven, shrimp and chorizo risotto or vegan leek and tofu quiche.
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.
How Château Adelaide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cabri en colombo with creole sauce, steamed lamb shoulder with cumin and coriander or chicken wrap.
How Château Adelaide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of my godmother's sausage salad, the coughing cat's apple crumble or gnocchi with bacon and roquefort cheese.
Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.
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 Château Adelaide.
Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.
