The Winery Clos Thou of South West

Winery Clos Thou - Cuvée Guilhouret Jurançon Sec
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Winery Clos Thou is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos Thou wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos Thou wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos Thou 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 Clos Thou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Clos Thou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clos Thou

How Winery Clos Thou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Clos Thou

On the nose the white wine of Winery Clos Thou. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apricot or guava and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Clos Thou

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Clos Thou.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Manseng
  • Petit Courbu
  • Camaralet de Lasseube
  • Gros Manseng

Discovering the wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

The top sweet wines of Winery Clos Thou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Clos Thou

How Winery Clos Thou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Clos Thou

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Clos Thou. often reveals types of flavors of tropical fruit, mango or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Clos Thou

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Clos Thou.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Gros Manseng

Discover the grape variety: Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Netherlands). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Gros Manseng blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Clos Thou

Planning a wine route in the of South West? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Clos Thou.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

News about Winery Clos Thou and wines from the region

Vanilla is the ‘most pleasant’ smell, finds study

Vanilla was ranked as the most pleasant smell in a study involving 235 people and conducted by an international network of researchers, including those from the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. This was closely followed by ethyl butyrate, ‘which smells like peaches’, said the researchers, who published their findings in the Current Biology journal. Vanilla notes can be found in several wine styles, such as some iterations of Chardonnay or Rioja, largely resulting from ...

Club dVIN offers members trip to ‘Bhutan’s first wine harvest’

Club dVIN, which launched earlier this year as a global NFT wine club, said members will be given the chance to sign up for a series of trips to Bhutan from late July to late September 2023. Those flying out will be able to ‘snip grapes’ and break ground on the Ser Kem Winery, alongside experiences like river rafting and visiting monasteries, Club dVIN said. ‘If you love wine and adventure, this is an unmatched opportunity to fill your cup with both while taking in the breathtaking beauty of Bhu ...

In recent years, more and more people have been paying attention to Uruguay’s wine scene thanks to the distinctive identity of its coastal regions, which are swept by winds from the Atlantic Ocean and the Río de la Plata. The country’s proximity to the ocean and one of the largest rivers on the planet means that the vintage effect is quite prominent here. Each harvest depends on the rainfall, sun and strength of the winds experienced that year. Today, Uruguay has around 5,966ha under vine distri ...

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).