Château du GazinLa Tentation Canon Fronsac
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The La Tentation Canon Fronsac of the Château du Gazin is in the top 50 of wines of Canon-Fronsac.
Food and wine pairings with La Tentation Canon Fronsac
Pairings that work perfectly with La Tentation Canon Fronsac
Original food and wine pairings with La Tentation Canon Fronsac
The La Tentation Canon Fronsac of Château du Gazin matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, marinated lamb chops or rabbit with onions and mustard.
Details and technical informations about Château du Gazin's La Tentation Canon Fronsac.
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 Château du Gazin
The Château du Gazin is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Canon-Fronsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Canon-Fronsac
The wine region of Canon-Fronsac is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Barre or the Vignoble Millaire produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canon-Fronsac are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canon-Fronsac often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus fruit or game and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, fig or dark fruit.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
