The Château Margarot of Gard of Pays d'Oc

Château Margarot
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 52 of the estates of Pays d'Oc.
It is located in Gard in the region of Pays d'Oc

The Château Margarot is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Gard to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Margarot wines

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

The top white wines of Château Margarot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Margarot

How Château Margarot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of cantonese rice, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or pork in a salty-sweet way.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Margarot.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

Discovering the wine region of Gard

The wine region of Gard is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc d'Anglade or the Domaine Mas des Bressades produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gard are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gard often reveals types of flavors of cream, green apple or honeysuckle and sometimes also flavors of nutmeg, cheese or orange.

In the mouth of Gard is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 149 estates and châteaux in the of Gard, producing 358 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gard go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry.

The top pink wines of Château Margarot

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Margarot

How Château Margarot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, baked whole salmon or quenelles in nantua sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Margarot.

  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

The top red wines of Château Margarot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Margarot

How Château Margarot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, harira algerian soup or salmon steak on a bed of leeks.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Margarot

  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Margarot.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Marselan

The word of the wine: Drawing

Synonymous with racking.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Château Margarot and wines from the region

How to work with Chablis wines as a sommelier by Yang LU

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 2 min 50 sec clip, Yang LU shares his experience as a sommelier on the importance of Chablis wines in the restaurant industry. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

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-Burgy, 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/ ...

The word of the wine: Drawing

Synonymous with racking.