Château d'EscabesL'Orangerie Gaillac
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the L'Orangerie Gaillac from the Château d'Escabes
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the L'Orangerie Gaillac of Château d'Escabes in the region of South West is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the L'Orangerie Gaillac of Château d'Escabes in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
Food and wine pairings with L'Orangerie Gaillac
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Orangerie Gaillac
Original food and wine pairings with L'Orangerie Gaillac
The L'Orangerie Gaillac of Château d'Escabes matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, veal blanquette à l'ancienne or roast doe in the oven.
Details and technical informations about Château d'Escabes's L'Orangerie Gaillac.
Discover the grape variety: Mondeuse noire
Cultivated for a very long time in Savoie, it is not the black form of mondeuse blanche and Mondeuse grise is a natural mutation of mondeuse noire. According to Thierry Lacombe (I.N.R.A./Montpellier), the latter is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between the black tressot and the white mondeuse. Mondeuse grise and Mondeuse noire are both registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of L'Orangerie Gaillac from Château d'Escabes are 2012, 2011, 2015, 2014 and 2016.
Informations about the Château d'Escabes
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The wine region of Gaillac
The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.
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 word of the wine: Marcottage
A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached (synonym: provignage).
