Winery Calmel & Joseph - Le Gaillard Faugères

Winery Calmel & JosephLe Gaillard Faugères

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Le Gaillard Faugères of Winery Calmel & Joseph is a red wine from the region of Faugères of Languedoc-Roussillon.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.

Taste structure of the Le Gaillard Faugères from the Winery Calmel & Joseph

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Le Gaillard Faugères of Winery Calmel & Joseph in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Details and technical informations about Winery Calmel & Joseph's Le Gaillard Faugères.

Winemaker
Calmel & Joseph
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: La Crescent

A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Le Gaillard Faugères - 2019
In the top 100 of of Faugères wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Le Gaillard Faugères from Winery Calmel & Joseph are 2019

Informations about the Winery Calmel & Joseph

The winery offers 82 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 65 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Faugères in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Calmel & Joseph is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 75 wines for sale in the of Faugères to come and discover on site or to buy online.

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In the top 200000 of of France wines
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The wine region of Faugères

Faugeres is an appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. Although it also covers white and rosé wines, the appellation is best known for its Rich, ripe red wines made from the classic Rhone varieties of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, as well as the more MediterraneanCinsaut and Lladoner Pelut. The appellation covers the southern slopes of a series of hills only a few kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The town of Faugeres forms the centre of the area, which extends 10 km from east to west.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

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.

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