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 brazilian feijoada, lamb tagine with prunes or quiche without pastry.
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 baked lasagna, macaroonade from sète or jack be little in a hat ....
Colombard is one of the oldest grape varieties in the Charentes. This golden white grape variety is a cross between Chenin and Gouais. The young leaves of colombard are yellow with bronze patches. The adult leaves may be three-lobed or whole, depending on the variety. Its branches are cottony. The bunches of this variety are thick and cylindrical. Its elliptical berries are medium-sized. They change color until they ripen, ranging from greenish white to golden yellow. Colombard is associated with an average budding. It is particularly susceptible to leafhoppers, grape worms, mites, mildew, powdery mildew and gray mold. It is also sensitive to water stress, but is not very sensitive to wind. It ripens late in the second half of the year. There are a dozen approved clones of Colombard, the best known of which are 608, 607 and 606. This variety produces a full-bodied, fine white wine. Aromas of lime, nectarine, boxwood, citrus and exotic fruits are released.
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 potato and smoked salmon gratin, valencian paella or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
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.
In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.
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 beef stew, rougail sausage or cheese soufflé omelette.
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.
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White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
