The Château La Foncalpre of Guyenne of South West

Château La Foncalpre
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château La Foncalpre is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Foncalpre wines

Looking for the best Château La Foncalpre wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Foncalpre 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 Foncalpre wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Foncalpre

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Foncalpre

How Château La Foncalpre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef bobotie, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or endive frichti.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Foncalpre

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Foncalpre.

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top pink wines of Château La Foncalpre

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château La Foncalpre

How Château La Foncalpre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

The top sweet wines of Château La Foncalpre

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château La Foncalpre

How Château La Foncalpre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of pizza with mushrooms and mozzarella, tarte tatin or roast veal with blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château La Foncalpre

On the nose the sweet wine of Château La Foncalpre. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château La Foncalpre

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château La Foncalpre.

  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

The word of the wine: Groslot

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Foncalpre

Planning a wine route in the of Guyenne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Foncalpre.

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Château La Foncalpre and wines from the region

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

Food and Chablis wines pairing, by Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 4-minute clip, Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG illustrate how easily Chablis wines complement all kinds of food, all the way from cheese to caviar! #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The word of the wine: Groslot

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