Château de l'HorteBlanquette de Limoux Methode Ancestrale
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château de l'Horte's Blanquette de Limoux Methode Ancestrale.
Discover the grape variety: Pinotin
Swiss interspecific cross obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner. The parents would be pinot noir and an interspecific variety resistant to diseases and, for others, it would be a cross between cabernet-sauvignon and ((sylvaner x riesling) x (12 417 Seyve-Villard x 7053 Seibel)) see graph www.winogrona.org. No resistance gene could be identified for either mildew or powdery mildew. It can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, ... still little known in France.
Informations about the Château de l'Horte
The Château de l'Horte is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 54 wines for sale in the of Blanquette méthode ancestrale to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Blanquette méthode ancestrale
The wine region of Blanquette méthode ancestrale is located in the region of Limoux of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sieur d'Arques or the Château Martinolles produce mainly wines sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Blanquette méthode ancestrale are Mauzac, Chardonnay and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Blanquette méthode ancestrale often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, apples or earth and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or red fruit.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Guyot (pruning)
This is the most widespread pruning technique. It includes one or two long branches and allows the mechanization of a large number of vineyard operations.
