The Domaine Castéra is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Jurançon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine Castéra wines in Jurançon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Castéra 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 Castéra wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine Castéra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of soy and shrimp noodles, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod).
On the nose the white wine of Domaine Castéra. often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or lemon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, honey or non oak.
Béarn jewel of whites at the foot of the Pyrenees: signature Petit Manseng as king white for sweet wines (on-vine raisining) — opulent and fresh with notes of honey, candied pineapple, mango, apricot, white flowers, cinnamon, nutmeg and a truffle touch, signature chiseled acidity balancing sugar. Gros Manseng as dry, lively and taut (citrus, exotic fruits, flowers). Courbu and Lauzet as complement. AOC (1936), ~1,000 ha on 25 communes south of Pau, clay-gravel terraces.
How Domaine Castéra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of 4 cheese fondue, tarte tatin or chicken fillets in a crust.
On the nose the sweet wine of Domaine Castéra. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
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 Castéra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.
Planning a wine route in the of Jurançon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Castéra.
Structured, aromatic whites with lively acidity and an ample mouth, featuring intense aromas of exotic fruits (pineapple, mango, passion fruit), ripe citrus, yellow peach, white flowers, honey and sweet spices. Made as nervy modern dry wines (Jurançon sec AOC, IGP Côtes de Gascogne) and sumptuous passerillage sweet wines (Jurançon AOC, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC). Late-ripening native grape of Béarn, the productive sibling of Petit Manseng.
