Château Jean CrosPrestige Gaillac

wine of Gaillac of South West of France

The Prestige Gaillac of Château Jean Cros is a wine from the region of Gaillac of South West.
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The Prestige Gaillac of the Château Jean Cros is in the top 0 of wines of Gaillac.

Discover the grape variety: Scarlotta seedless

Intraspecific cross between sun world.seedling 89345-090-144 and sun world seedling 89361-091-364 obtained in California (USA) by Cain David Wayne from Sun World International Inc. Not known in France, we can meet it in England, in Spain, in Chile, ... . It should be of interest to amateur gardeners.

Informations about the Château Jean Cros

The winery offers 6 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Gaillac in the region of South West

The Château Jean Cros is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 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.

News related to this wine

Liv-ex lists 10 top price risers in a slow wine market

Liv-ex indices for key wine regions on the secondary market have fallen in value this year, but the group said some wines still rose sharply in price in the first half of 2023 (H1). Château Climens 2009 saw the biggest price gains in the six months to the end of June, rising 84% to £1,213 (12x75cl in bond), Liv-ex data showed. Three other Barsac wines made the top 10, including two Climens vintages plus Château Coutet 2014, marking a relatively rare appearance for Bordeaux’s sweet wines on such ...

Women in wine: Bordeaux

Bordeaux has a history of extraordinary women running vineyards. In Sauternes & Barsac Françoise-Joséphine d’Yquem was imprisoned twice during the French revolution but managed to save both her neck and Château d’Yquem, 1er Grand Cru Classé Supérieur Sauternes. She then dedicated herself to her property, and introduced the practice of ‘tries successives’ or multiple passes through the vineyard during harvest to collect botrytised grapes at maximum maturity, transforming the quality of wines ...

French government to spend €200m destroying surplus wine

Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau said the funds are ‘aimed at stopping prices collapsing and so that winemakers can find sources of revenue again’. However, he warned that the industry needs to ‘look to the future, think about consumer changes and adapt’. Demand for wine has fallen in this new era of high inflation, a cost of living crisis and lifestyle changes following the Covid-19 pandemic. That has led to a surplus of wine, which naturally pushes prices down. Some wine drinkers may welcome ...