The Cave Gargantua of Valle d'Aosta

Cave Gargantua
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 46 of the estates of Valle d'Aosta.
It is located in Valle d'Aosta

The Cave Gargantua is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Valle d'Aosta to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Gargantua wines

Looking for the best Cave Gargantua wines in Valle d'Aosta among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Gargantua 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 Gargantua wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Cave Gargantua

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Gargantua

How Cave Gargantua wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, cannelloni with parma ham or lamb collar with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Gargantua

On the nose the red wine of Cave Gargantua. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices. In the mouth the red wine of Cave Gargantua. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave Gargantua

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.81/5

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

  • Petit Rouge
  • Fumin
  • Gamay
  • Vien de Nus
  • Merlot
  • Gamaret

Discovering the wine region of Valle d'Aosta

Valle d'Aosta is the smallest and least populated region in Italy, only one-eighth the Size of neighbouring Piedmont. It covers a mountainous area in the far northwest of Italy, where the country's borders meet those of France and Switzerland. Despite the region's small size and low profile, a wide range of red and white wines are produced from a selection of native and introduced Grape varieties. The most important of these is Picotendro, the local form of Nebbiolo.

Aosta is clearly influenced by its neighbours. French is the second official language, and French grape varieties are just as common as Italian ones. Chardonnay and Gamay grow side by side with Nebbiolo and Dolcetto. In addition to the best-known varieties, the Regional Agricultural Institute has listed a selection of indigenous regional varieties.

The top white wines of Cave Gargantua

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Gargantua

How Cave Gargantua wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasta with porcini mushrooms, slivers of squid with tomato or vegetarian lentil burger.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave Gargantua

In the mouth the white wine of Cave Gargantua. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave Gargantua

  • 2018With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.93/5

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

  • Prié
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave Gargantua

Planning a wine route in the of Valle d'Aosta? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Cave Gargantua.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.