Winery Georges VigourouxLe Vassal de Mercuès
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Le Vassal de Mercuès of Winery Georges Vigouroux in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Le Vassal de Mercuès
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Vassal de Mercuès
Original food and wine pairings with Le Vassal de Mercuès
The Le Vassal de Mercuès of Winery Georges Vigouroux matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, fish with madras curry and coconut milk or stuffed pumpkin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Georges Vigouroux's Le Vassal de Mercuès.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Vassal de Mercuès from Winery Georges Vigouroux are 2015, 2009, 2012, 2011 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Georges Vigouroux
The Winery Georges Vigouroux is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cahors
The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.
The wine region of South West
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.
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The word of the wine: Liquid
Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).
