The Château Carrol de Bellel is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Carrol de Bellel wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Carrol de Bellel 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 Carrol de Bellel wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Carrol de Bellel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sea bream in foil on the barbecue, barbecued lobster or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
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.
How Château Carrol de Bellel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fast and, marinated lamb chops or currywurst.
Négrette noir 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 grapes of small to medium size. Négrette noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Château Carrol de Bellel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of smoked salmon and comté pie, express cherry clafoutis or pears in syrup and roquefort pie.
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
How Château Carrol de Bellel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew express, mathieu's lamb tagine or chicken risotto with curry.
Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...
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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.
