The Winery Gayrard & Cie is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Gayrard & Cie wines in Gaillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gayrard & Cie 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 Gayrard & Cie wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Gayrard & Cie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, lamb with ginger honey or baked chicken legs.
The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.
In the mouth of Gaillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 202 estates and châteaux in the of Gaillac, producing 936 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gaillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Winery Gayrard & Cie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of scallops with chorizo sauce, goat cheese and bacon quiche or chicken with green olives.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Gayrard & Cie. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Gayrard & Cie. is a with a nice freshness.
Duras noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Tarn). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Duras noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon.
How Winery Gayrard & Cie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms.
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
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Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...
