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.
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.
How Château La Foncalpre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of thai beef skewers, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or moroccan chicken tagine.
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.
How Château La Foncalpre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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.
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 vegetable soup with savoy cheese, tarte tatin or rabbit casserole with blue cheese and dried fruit.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château La Foncalpre. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
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Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
