The Château Montels of Gaillac of South West

Château Montels - Doux
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 25 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gaillac in the region of South West

The Château Montels is one of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Montels wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château Montels

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Montels

How Château Montels wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, mussels carbonara or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Montels.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Len de l'El
  • Muscadelle
  • Loin de l'Oeil

Discovering the wine region of Gaillac

The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.

In the mouth of Gaillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 202 estates and châteaux in the of Gaillac, producing 936 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gaillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Château Montels

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Montels

How Château Montels wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, fresh tuna with sesame seeds or quiche without pastry.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Muscadelle
  • Mauzac Blanc
  • Len de l'El

Discover the grape variety: Mauzac

Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...

The top red wines of Château Montels

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Montels

How Château Montels wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel, filet mignon in a crust or duck breast in a crust.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Montels

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Braucol
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Prunelard

The word of the wine: Flavor

Sensation (sweet, salty, sour or bitter) produced on the tongue by a food.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Montels

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

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Château Montels and wines from the region

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun

It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

Best organic and biodynamic spirits: 10 to try

With climate change becoming an increasingly serious topic for the spirits industry to tackle, so too comes a greater level of awareness amongst consumers that brands should be doing more in relation to the environmental footprints they leave behind globally. Every element, from the cultivation of raw materials, to the composition and distribution of finished glass bottles is now under tighter scrutiny. This year’s Earth Day, a celebration of climate awareness, held on 22 April (founded back in ...

The word of the wine: Flavor

Sensation (sweet, salty, sour or bitter) produced on the tongue by a food.