The Winery Brana of Pyrenées of South West

Winery Brana
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 77 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Pyrenées in the region of South West

The Winery Brana is one of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Pyrenées to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Brana Estate is located in one of the most famous and elegant wine regions of France: the Pyrenees. Managed by the Estandieu family for over a century, this estate produces fine, supple wines based on Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc. The Brana Estate stretches over a 32-hectare vineyard, located on the slopes of the Somport river. The area is made up of grape varieties originating from several terroirs and cultures, both in the valley and on the slopes. The unique combination of altitude aspects, fresh winds, and rich soils characterized by high mineral-content winds offers a wide range of unique flavors and textures for each wine. Brana distinguishes itself with specialized wines, based on Pinot Noir and Gamay, resulting from the rich and balanced terroir around Palies and neighboring communes. The wines produced from the finest barrels are also a main feature of Brana, offering a combination of intense woody aromas and delicate organoleptic properties. The vineyard is complemented by a varied collection of plants and trees which encourage biodiversity in the estate. Brana practices reasoned viticulture, allowing the Estandieu family to produce robust and healthy wines that respect the land and its environment. The Brana Estate offers customers an incredible visit experience. They can walk through the vineyard, taste the wines and discover their exceptional terroir and passion for wines. Everything that characterizes this magnificent estate is the result of ecological and cultural balance, establishing a reputation for quality that the Brana Estate is keen to share with its guests.

Top Winery Brana wines

Looking for the best Winery Brana wines in Pyrenées among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Brana 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 Brana wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Brana

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Brana

How Winery Brana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), stuffed mushrooms or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Brana

On the nose the red wine of Winery Brana. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, vegetal or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of cheese, black fruits or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Brana. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Brana

  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Brana.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petit Manseng
  • Petit Courbu
  • Arrouya

Discovering the wine region of Pyrenées

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 Brana

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Brana

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

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Brana

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • 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...

The top white wines of Winery Brana

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Brana

How Winery Brana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of lobster and scallops on a bed of leeks, cream and tuna quiche or spanish omelette (tortilla auténtica).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Brana

On the nose the white wine of Winery Brana. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of lemon, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Brana. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Brana

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.59/5

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

  • Petit Manseng
  • Petit Courbu
  • Courbu Blanc
  • Gros Manseng

The word of the wine: Private cellar

A term that designates an estate or a château belonging to a winegrower or a family, as opposed to a cooperative cellar that brings together member winegrowers.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Brana

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Brana and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

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An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

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The word of the wine: Private cellar

A term that designates an estate or a château belonging to a winegrower or a family, as opposed to a cooperative cellar that brings together member winegrowers.

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