The Château Font Barbu is one of the best wineries to follow in Bergerac.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Font Barbu wines in Bergerac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Font Barbu 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 Font Barbu wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Font Barbu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The wine region of Bergerac is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Tour des Gendres or the Vignoble des Verdots produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bergerac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bergerac often reveals types of flavors of non oak, yeast or black currant and sometimes also flavors of mint, pineapple or cream.
In the mouth of Bergerac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 518 estates and châteaux in the of Bergerac, producing 1004 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bergerac go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.
How Château Font Barbu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef coarse salt, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or cajun jumbalaya rice.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
How Château Font Barbu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of potato and smoked salmon gratin, pasta with vongoles (flat clams) or french toast.
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
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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.
