The Château Blanc is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Blanc wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Blanc 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 Blanc wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Blanc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, rack of lamb in a salt crust or duck with olives.
On the nose the red wine of Château Blanc. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Blanc. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.
The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.
How Château Blanc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms, mussels carbonara or chicken in red wine.
Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
How Château Blanc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Said of an odor reminiscent of musk.
How Château Blanc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of smoked salmon pasta gratin, fish shells or chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.
