The Chateau La Tour Olivier of Gaillac of South West

Chateau La Tour Olivier
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 142 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gaillac in the region of South West

The Chateau La Tour Olivier is one of the best wineries to follow in Gaillac.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau La Tour Olivier wines

Looking for the best Chateau La Tour Olivier wines in Gaillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau La Tour Olivier 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 Chateau La Tour Olivier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Chateau La Tour Olivier

How Chateau La Tour Olivier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pike dumplings with shrimp sauce, steamed carrots with saffron or braids of sole and salmon with morels.

Discovering the wine region of Gaillac

The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.

In the mouth of Gaillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 202 estates and châteaux in the of Gaillac, producing 936 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gaillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau La Tour Olivier

How Chateau La Tour Olivier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, mouse of lamb with honey and thyme or rabbit socks in gibelotte.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier.

  • Braucol
  • Duras
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top sweet wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Chateau La Tour Olivier

How Chateau La Tour Olivier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon lasagna, shrimp marinade or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Loin de l'Oeil

The word of the wine: Cuvée prestige (champagne)

Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.

The top sparkling wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Chateau La Tour Olivier

How Chateau La Tour Olivier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Chateau La Tour Olivier.

  • Mauzac Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Mauzac

Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Chateau La Tour Olivier

Planning a wine route in the of Gaillac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Chateau La Tour Olivier.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.

News about Chateau La Tour Olivier and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Igé

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-Igé, 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 availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ ...

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

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-Verzé, 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/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Cuvée prestige (champagne)

Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.