The Château de Salettes is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château de Salettes wines in Gaillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Salettes 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 de Salettes wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château de Salettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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.
In the mouth of Gaillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 202 estates and châteaux in the of Gaillac, producing 936 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gaillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Château de Salettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of breton cake with buckwheat flour, the coughing cat's apple crumble or duck breast with gnocchi and roquefort sauce.
Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...
How Château de Salettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of croziflette, tagliatelle with fresh salmon or zucchini quiche.
In red winemaking, wine made from the marcs by pressing after devatting. See goutte (wine of).
How Château de Salettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, lamb stew or duck legs with green olives.
On the nose the red wine of Château de Salettes. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Château de Salettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of puchero, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or chili con carne.
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
Planning a wine route in the of Gaillac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Salettes.
