The Château La Colombiere is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château La Colombiere wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Colombiere 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 La Colombiere wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château La Colombiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fresh sausage, meatballs catalan style or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).
On the nose the red wine of Château La Colombiere. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Colombiere. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.
This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.
How Château La Colombiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sparkling wine of Château La Colombiere. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
Négrette noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South West). 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 to medium size. Négrette noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Château La Colombiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon in brick pastry, pasta with scampi or goat cheese and bacon quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château La Colombiere. often reveals types of flavors of cream, peach or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or apricot.
Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.
How Château La Colombiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of poached salmon in coconut milk with curry, marinated mussels with maroilles or broccoli and beaufort pie.
Prunelard noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Tarn). 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 medium size. The Prunelard noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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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.
