Château de TerrideLes Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or game (deer, venison).
The Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride of the Château de Terride is in the top 40 of wines of Gaillac.
Food and wine pairings with Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride
Original food and wine pairings with Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride
The Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride of Château de Terride matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of savoyard pizza (cream base), roast duck in the oven or rice with seafood.
Details and technical informations about Château de Terride's Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride.
Discover the grape variety: Viognier
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Caprices d'Alix Le Viognier de Terride from Château de Terride are 2015, 2017
Informations about the Château de Terride
The Château de Terride is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Licking
Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.
