The Domaine Arretxea is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Irouléguy to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine Arretxea wines in Irouléguy among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Arretxea 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 Domaine Arretxea wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine Arretxea wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, lamb tagine with prunes and dried fruits or phad thai (thai style fried noodles).
On the nose the red wine of Domaine Arretxea. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Arretxea. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Basque Country AOC (~250 ha, 15 communes, mountain vineyard, red sandstone and schist-limestone): Tannat signature as Pyrenean red king — structured and full-bodied with dark fruits, liquorice and spices, dense tannins softened by Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon bringing finesse and suppleness, fleshy and long. Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng and Courbu in aromatic whites with exotic fruits. AOC 1970.
How Domaine Arretxea wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the white wine of Domaine Arretxea. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or vanilla.
Exceptional sweet wines obtained by on-vine drying, with an unctuous mouth balanced by cutting acidity, featuring intense aromas of candied pineapple, mango, candied citrus, dried apricot, honey, dried fruits and sweet spice notes. Very high ageing potential. Star of Jurançon moelleux AOC and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC, also made as ambitious dry wines. Very late-ripening native grape of Béarn (South-West France).
How Domaine Arretxea wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fillet in a crust, tripe in the style of caen or rack of lamb with herbs.
Cellar in which are kept bottles that retrace the history of a domain, a vintage, an exceptional wine, etc., and which constitute a collection. It is also said of a place that offers a very wide choice of wines served by the glass. The oenotheques are more and more widespread in the living rooms opened to the public.
Planning a wine route in the of Irouléguy? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Arretxea.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
