The Cave de Técou of South West

Cave de Técou - Evocation du Terroir Gaillac Doux
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Vinovalie.
It is ranked in the top 2130 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Cave de Técou is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave de Técou wines

Looking for the best Cave de Técou wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave de Técou 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 Cave de Técou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Cave de Técou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Cave de Técou

How Cave de Técou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pan bagnat, rougaille tomatoes (madagascar) or gaufress and light.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Cave de Técou

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Cave de Técou.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Loin de l'Oeil

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 white wines of Cave de Técou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave de Técou

How Cave de Técou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of grilled sea bass with herbs, marinated shrimp sautéed asian style or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave de Técou.

  • Mauzac Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Cave de Técou

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave de Técou

How Cave de Técou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.

The top red wines of Cave de Técou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave de Técou

How Cave de Técou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of picadillo, trapper's barbecue or loubia.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave de Técou

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave de Técou.

  • Braucol
  • Duras
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Mauzac

Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave de Técou

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 Cave de Técou.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris 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 small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Cave de Técou and wines from the region

Preview: Tesco’s spring/summer tasting

Decanter attended Tesco’s spring/summer 2022 portfolio tasting at the end of April where over 140 wines were on show, 38 of which are new to the range. In anticipation of the full list of top buys, to follow soon, we’ve rounded up a few of our favourites to get you in the mood for spring. Tesco’s wine buying team highlighted 24 wines as their must-try buys, and five of these have featured in our initial spring roundup below. We think they showcase the diversity of the Tesco range and the value t ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Asolo Prosecco – Young at heart, wise in spirit

I n 2009 Prosecco was re-mapped in sweeping changes that created an extensive new zone for the production of Prosecco DOC and elevated the traditional growing areas of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano to DOCG, Italy’s top denomination. At that time, one might have overlooked the fact that the new legislation also created a small, independent DOCG for Asolo Prosecco to the west of the river Piave. The sparkling wines of the area had low visibility, producers were few and production was limited. However t ...

The word of the wine: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.