The Chateau La Birondie is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Chateau La Birondie wines in Bergerac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau La Birondie 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 Chateau La Birondie wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Chateau La Birondie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or peasant minestrone.
Affordable cousin of Bordeaux on the Dordogne: signature Merlot-based reds (~65%) — round and fruity with notes of plum, black cherry, blackberry, sweet spices and a tobacco touch, supple tannins, to drink young. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Malbec as support. Fresh rosés (~20%). Signature dry and sweet whites (~15%) from Sémillon, Sauvignon and Muscadelle with notes of citrus, boxwood, flowers and honey for the sweet ones.
South-West AOC on clay-limestone.
How Chateau La Birondie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef strogonoff, couscous merguez or ramen (noodle) soup.
Aromatic, fruity whites with a tender palate, with intense aromas of muscat, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and floral notes (no genetic link to the muscat family). Minor component in the great botrytised dessert wines of Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons and Monbazillac, adding perfume and freshness. Also dry in Entre-Deux-Mers. Made as sumptuous fortified wines in Australia (Rutherglen Topaque). French variety from Bordeaux and the South-West.
How Chateau La Birondie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sea bream a la plancha, pike dumplings with shrimp sauce or very simple muffins.
Characteristic of a wine that gives the impression of being full in the mouth.
How Chateau La Birondie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal roast, country style, savoyard pizza (cream base) or duck pot au feu.
Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.
How Chateau La Birondie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of barbecued mackerel papillotes, shrimp with oyster sauce or homemade cookies.
On the nose the sweet wine of Chateau La Birondie. often reveals types of flavors of cheese, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio.
The state of a cloudy wine, due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.
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Vinified almost exclusively as a base for Champagne AOC, where it brings freshness, fruitiness and immediate roundness to blends (apple, pear, red fruit, brioche notes); it is the most approachable young of the three Champagne varieties. Represents about one third of plantings, the absolute signature of the Vallée de la Marne. Also vinified as single varietal by some growers (blanc-de-noirs meunier champagnes). A cottony-leaved mutation of Pinot Noir, autochthonous to Champagne.
