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 venison leg in casserole, lamb stew with melting peppers or chicken massala.

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

Atlantic IGP of the Southwest across 5 departments (Gironde, Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Bordeaux varieties as signatures. Merlot in red: supple and accessible with signature notes of plum, ripe cherry, light cocoa and a herbaceous touch, round tannins and fruity palate — affordable alternative to Bordeaux AOCs. Peppery Cabernet Franc, firm Cabernet Sauvignon, dense Côt.

Whites lively Sauvignon, ample Sémillon, straight Ugni Blanc.

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

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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 cancoillotte (made from metton), the coughing cat's apple crumble or italian melon salad.

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: Smell

A generic term for both unpleasant and pleasant odours known as perfumes. In the world of tasting, the term aroma is more commonly used.

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: Sémillon

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.