The Château La Gineste of Cahors of South West

Château La Gineste
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 169 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Château La Gineste is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Gineste wines

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

The top red wines of Château La Gineste

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

How Château La Gineste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, duck legs with green olives or chicken colombo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Gineste

On the nose the red wine of Château La Gineste. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Gineste. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Gineste

  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top pink wines of Château La Gineste

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

How Château La Gineste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of baked lasagna, duck legs with confit potatoes or fricassee of lambis.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château La Gineste.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Gineste

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

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.

News about Château La Gineste and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

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-Prissé, 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/BourgogneWine ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).