The Winery Tirecul la Gravière of Monbazillac of South West

Winery Tirecul la Gravière
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Monbazillac in the region of South West
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The Winery Tirecul la Gravière is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Monbazillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines

Looking for the best Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines in Monbazillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tirecul la Gravière 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 Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

How Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of steamed salmon marinated in herbs, mussels with cream or quick chocolate fudge cake.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière.

  • Muscadelle
  • Sémillon
  • Grenache Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Monbazillac

World's largest sweet AOC south of Bergerac (South-West): signature Sémillon as king white with Sauvignon and Muscadelle — medium-sweet to botrytized sweet wines with opulent notes of honey, candied apricot, quince, pineapple, mango, beeswax, saffron and a touch of spice, unctuousness balanced by fine acidity. Successive picking of noble grapes mandatory. AOC (1936), ~2,320 ha on clay-limestone slopes, morning mists favoring Botrytis cinerea, 10-50 year aging.

The top red wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

How Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beer goulash, oven-baked lamb stew or chicken colombo (west indies).

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Aromatic, fruity whites with a tender palate, with intense aromas of muscat, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and floral notes (no genetic link to the muscat family). Minor component in the great botrytised dessert wines of Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons and Monbazillac, adding perfume and freshness. Also dry in Entre-Deux-Mers. Made as sumptuous fortified wines in Australia (Rutherglen Topaque). French variety from Bordeaux and the South-West.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

How Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of barbecued mackerel papillotes, shrimp with oyster sauce or meringue for dummies.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: INAO glass

Glass adapted to wine tasting, created in the 1970s by the Institut national des appellations d'origine. At the time, it had the advantage of offering a standardised tool to all tasters. It is characterized by a wide base that allows for good ventilation and a narrow mouth (opening of the glass) to concentrate the aromas. Many high-performance glasses have been created based on this model.

The top sweet wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

How Winery Tirecul la Gravière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of mushrooms stuffed with tomme and rosemary, the coughing cat's apple crumble or escalopines of turkey in brouillade.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, caramel or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Tirecul la Gravière. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière

  • 1998With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.26/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Tirecul la Gravière.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.

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Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, an ample palate and moderate acidity, with aromas of ripe pear, white peach, white flowers, fennel, anise notes and fresh almond. Fine length. Cornerstone of the great whites of Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Côtes-du-Rhône whites, Languedoc, Roussillon (Côtes du Roussillon AOC) and Catalonia (Terra Alta DO, Priorat DOQ). White-skinned mutation of Grenache Noir, autochthonous Mediterranean variety from Aragon.