La Cave d'IrouleguyL'Espric Basque
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Tannat.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with L'Espric Basque
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Espric Basque
Original food and wine pairings with L'Espric Basque
The L'Espric Basque of La Cave d'Irouleguy matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, lamb tagine with dried fruits or reblochon tartiflette.
Details and technical informations about La Cave d'Irouleguy's L'Espric Basque.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Informations about the La Cave d'Irouleguy
The La Cave d'Irouleguy is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Irouléguy to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Irouléguy
The wine region of Irouléguy is located in the region of Pyrenées of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Arretxea or the La Cave d'Irouleguy produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Irouléguy are Tannat, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Irouléguy often reveals types of flavors of earth, blueberry or peach and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, pear or lime zest.
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.
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The word of the wine: Primeur
Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.
