The Domaine Brana of Madiran of South West

Domaine Brana - Vieilles Vignes Madiran
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 72 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Madiran in the region of South West

The Domaine Brana is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Madiran to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Brana wines

Looking for the best Domaine Brana wines in Madiran among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Brana 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 Brana wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Brana

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Brana

How Domaine Brana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of fresh sausage.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Brana.

  • Tannat

Discovering the wine region of Madiran

The wine region of Madiran is located in the region of Pyrenées of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Montus or the Château Montus produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Madiran are Tannat, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Madiran often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, red plum or graphite and sometimes also flavors of anise, fig or thyme.

In the mouth of Madiran is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 108 estates and châteaux in the of Madiran, producing 368 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Madiran go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

The top sweet wines of Domaine Brana

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine Brana

How Domaine Brana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Domaine Brana

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Brana

Planning a wine route in the of Madiran? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Brana.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Dorsa

Intraspecific cross between the limberger and the dornfelder made in 1971 by Bernard Hill of the Weinsberg Research Institute in Germany. It can be found in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States. Note that Cabernet Dorio has the same parents.

News about Domaine Brana and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Vintage scale

Complex system of classification of the communes of Champagne according to the value of the grapes which are produced there. In other regions, hierarchical situation of the productions classified by various authorities.