The Domaine Capmartin is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Pyrenées to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine Capmartin wines in Pyrenées among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Capmartin 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 Capmartin wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine Capmartin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of country-style snow peas, baked salmon with tomato or scallops or scallops express with cognac.
On the nose the white wine of Domaine Capmartin. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.
This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.
How Domaine Capmartin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), pork colombo or vegetarian lentil burger.
On the nose the red wine of Domaine Capmartin. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit or red fruit.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Domaine Capmartin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimps with curry and coconut milk, preparation of the olives (black olives in brine) or japanese fondue.
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
How Domaine Capmartin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sweet wine of Domaine Capmartin. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
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White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
