The Château Laur is one of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Laur wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Laur 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 Laur wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Laur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, moroccan style leg of lamb or fresh pasta.
On the nose the red wine of Château Laur. often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Château Laur. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.
The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.
How Château Laur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk or snail and comté pie.
Gros Manseng blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Netherlands). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Gros Manseng blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Château Laur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon crumble, three ways to prepare chinese noodles or zucchini quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château Laur. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
The underside of a grape leaf blade covered with tiny hairs distributed in a web-like pattern.
How Château Laur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stewed beef heart, baked falafels or walnut and roquefort tart.
Ugni blanc is a grape variety originating from Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and small to medium sized grapes. Ugni blanc can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Armagnac, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...
