Château d'AlbaCotes De Gascogne
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Cotes De Gascogne
Pairings that work perfectly with Cotes De Gascogne
Original food and wine pairings with Cotes De Gascogne
The Cotes De Gascogne of Château d'Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of marinated shrimp sautéed asian style, monkfish armorican style or savoury cake base and various fillings.
Details and technical informations about Château d'Alba's Cotes De Gascogne.
Discover the grape variety: Allegro
Interspecific cross between chancellor and rondo obtained in 1983 and in Germany by Ernst Rühl.
Informations about the Château d'Alba
The Château d'Alba is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gascogne
Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.
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 word of the wine: AOC
Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.
