Château de FourquesLa Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Taste structure of the La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques from the Château de Fourques
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques of Château de Fourques in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques
Pairings that work perfectly with La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques
Original food and wine pairings with La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques
The La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques of Château de Fourques matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), quiche with tartiflette or paupiettes in a casserole with cream.
Details and technical informations about Château de Fourques's La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques.
Discover the grape variety: Aligoté
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Tour et Carascaude Saint-Georges d’Orques from Château de Fourques are 2015
Informations about the Château de Fourques
The Château de Fourques is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques
The wine region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de l'Engarran or the Domaine de La Marfée produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Georges d&rsquoOrques often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, red fruit or raisin and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, mint or strawberries.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Barrel
Bordeaux barrel of 225 litres, used to determine the tonneau (unit of measurement corresponding to four barrels, or 900 litres).
