The Château Alta Gaïa of Entre-deux-Mers of Bordeaux

Château Alta Gaïa - Blanc
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 60 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Entre-deux-Mers in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Alta Gaïa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Entre-deux-Mers to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Alta Gaïa wines

Looking for the best Château Alta Gaïa wines in Entre-deux-Mers among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Alta Gaïa 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 Alta Gaïa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Alta Gaïa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Alta Gaïa

How Château Alta Gaïa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pan-fried carrots, nanie's diced ham quiche or filet mignon in a quick crust.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Alta Gaïa

  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Alta Gaïa.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discovering the wine region of Entre-deux-Mers

Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine-growing sub-region of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Its name literally translates as "between two seas", although the seas in question are actually rivers - the Garonne and the Dordogne, which form the southern and northern boundaries of the region respectively. The Entre-deux-Mers is home to a variety of appellations, producing wines in styles ranging from the Sweet botrytised whites of Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont - all close to the northeast bank of the Garonne - to the Dry table wines of Sainte-Foy and Graves de Vayres, closer to the Dordogne. The region stretching along the Garonne from the group of sweet white wine appellations to the area east of the city of Bordeaux is the red wine appellation Côtes de Bordeaux - until 2009 called Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a title now reserved for sweet whites.

The appellations in this region can certainly be difficult to learn; Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge is for both sweet and dry whites, while in the same area Bordeaux Haut-Benauge can only be used for dry wines. The Entre-deux-Mers regional appellation title itself applies only to dry white wines made from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Muscadelle and Ugni Blanc. However, the majority of wines produced within the boundaries of the Entre-Deux-Mers AOC are instead labeled as Generic Bordeaux or superior Bordeaux. Entre-deux-Mers occupies a significant portion of the Bordeaux region, stretching from the city in the west to the farmland of Bergerac in the east.

The top red wines of Château Alta Gaïa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Alta Gaïa

How Château Alta Gaïa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, veal chop with mushrooms or home-made cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Alta Gaïa

In the mouth the red wine of Château Alta Gaïa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Alta Gaïa

  • 2014With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.05/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Alta Gaïa.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Alta Gaïa

Planning a wine route in the of Entre-deux-Mers? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Alta Gaïa.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château Alta Gaïa and wines from the region

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

Vinexpo Paris to host wine and climate change talk

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris, running from 14 to 16 February, will host a discussion on climate change as part of series of roundtable ‘wine talks’ at the show. Decanter contributor and international consultant Rupert Joy will moderate the discussion on ‘making wine in a changing climate’, to be held at 2:30pm on Tuesday 15 February, in Hall Six. Members of the panel include: Pau Roca Blaso – director general of the International Organisation of Vine & Wine Jeremy Cukierman MW – dire ...

The word of the wine: Vinification of sweet wines

Moelleux and liquoreux wines are characterized by the presence of residual sugars (natural sugar of the grape), not transformed into alcohol under the effect of yeasts. The fermentation is stopped by cold and by the addition of sulphur dioxide (sulphur).

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