The Château Lamothe-Gaillard of Libournais of Bordeaux

Château Lamothe-Gaillard
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 3027 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lamothe-Gaillard is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lamothe-Gaillard wines

Looking for the best Château Lamothe-Gaillard wines in Libournais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lamothe-Gaillard 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 Lamothe-Gaillard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

How Château Lamothe-Gaillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, veal paupiettes with forestry sauce or cassoulet with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

In the mouth the red wine of Château Lamothe-Gaillard. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

The top pink wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

How Château Lamothe-Gaillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, lamb mouse confit in wine or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 white wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Lamothe-Gaillard

How Château Lamothe-Gaillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of flamenkuche express, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or spanish paella.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Lamothe-Gaillard.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Animal

Generic smell of aromatic families reminiscent of fur, game, musk, civet, amber and sometimes unpleasant smells of wet hair. The old books on tasting give as an example of animal aroma the belly of hare.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lamothe-Gaillard

Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Lamothe-Gaillard.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Lamothe-Gaillard and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Animal

Generic smell of aromatic families reminiscent of fur, game, musk, civet, amber and sometimes unpleasant smells of wet hair. The old books on tasting give as an example of animal aroma the belly of hare.