Château Le GayBordeaux Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Blanc
The Bordeaux Blanc of Château Le Gay matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of stuffed potatoes, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).
Details and technical informations about Château Le Gay's Bordeaux Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Reine des vignes
Obtained in Hungary in 1916 by Jean (Janos) Mathiasz by crossing the Beirut date tree with the Csaba pearl. This variety is nowadays very little multiplied, but it is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1.
Informations about the Château Le Gay
The Château Le Gay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
News related to this wine
Axel Heinz leaves Ornellaia to join Château Lascombes
Axel Heinz, the longtime director of Ornellaia and Masseto, is leaving Tuscany for Bordeaux to take up a new position at Château Lascombes, classified second growth in Margaux. It was announced yesterday (23rd March), that Heinz was stepping down as estate director at Ornellaia and Masseto. His role will officially come to an end this summer. Heinz joined the Bolgheri estate in 2005. His 18-year tenure was marked by ‘massive development and success’ said CEO Giovanni Geddes, which, he added, wer ...
Château Lascombes in Bordeaux sold to Napa winery owner
Château Lascombes, the Margaux-based second growth in Bordeaux’s 1855 Classification, has become the first winery in Europe to be acquired by Lawrence Wine Estates, which already owns top Napa wineries Heitz Cellar, Burgess Cellars and Stony Hill. The group was established by the Lawrence family, led by US entrepreneur Gaylon Lawrence, alongside managing partner and Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr (MS). ‘We are honoured to become the new stewards of such a historical estate,’ said Lawren ...
Interview: New Château Lascombes owners plot big changes
At Château Lascombes during Bordeaux en primeur week in April 2023, Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr (MS) and I were sitting on a saggy, slightly dingy sofa in a reception room. ‘This couch will have to go,’ he says, laughing, but his frown told me replacing it was already on a list. He’s the detail-minded, ambitious 38-year-old managing partner of Lawrence Wine Estates, founded five years ago by American billionaire Gaylon Lawrence Jr, who is now a major player in the US wine world. In 2022, t ...
The word of the wine: Pressing
Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).
