The Winery Famille Laurent is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Auvergne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Famille Laurent wines in Auvergne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Famille Laurent 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 Winery Famille Laurent wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Famille Laurent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, salmon pavés en papillote or pasta with vongoles (flat clams).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Famille Laurent. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Famille Laurent. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Auvergne is an administrative region in south-CentralFrance. It is dominated by the foothills and low mountains of the Massif Central. The typical red wine of these central French vineyards is a light red or rosé wine, produced from Gamay grapes and vinified by carbonic Maceration. The Côte Roannaise and Côtes du Forez both specialise in this style, made famous by the Beaujolais just to the east.
The whites are mainly based on Chardonnay, although there is still some production of whites from Sacy (Tresallier), mainly in Saint-Pourcain. The overriding Character of the Auvergne is the diversity of its landscapes and the variations in topography, which translate quite directly into local wine styles. The higher altitude - most Auvergne vineyards are between 400 and 500 metres - and continental Climate mean that average annual temperatures are significantly lower than in neighbouring Burgundy and the famously hot Rhone Valley. This results in less Dense and less structured wines.
How Winery Famille Laurent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of roast pork with onions and honey, duck sleeves in cider or cannelloni of meat.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Famille Laurent. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Famille Laurent. is a with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Famille Laurent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of turkey stuffed with chestnuts, raw salmon marinade with vinegars or squid rings with tomato.
A method of making rosé wine that consists of pressing the grapes directly after crushing and light skin maceration. The resulting wine is lively, light and pale.
How Winery Famille Laurent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
How Winery Famille Laurent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of mouse of lamb with thyme, skate wing with shallots or pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets).
Altered by oxidation.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
