The Château La Gordonne is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château La Gordonne wines in Côtes de Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Gordonne 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 Château La Gordonne wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château La Gordonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of cannelloni of meat, chicken with scampi for christmas or cream and tuna quiche.
On the nose the pink wine of Château La Gordonne. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, cranberry or floral and sometimes also flavors of cream, cherry or red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château La Gordonne. is a with a nice freshness.
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
This wine is mainly made from the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsaut grapes, as well as the quintessential Provence red Tibouren. Although clearly a minority, the Volume of red wine produced under this title (and elsewhere in Provence) is increasing and currently represents about 15% of the total. Grapes such as the three key Rhone varieties mentioned above and Cabernet Sauvignon (introduced here in the 1960s) are being used by a New wave of winemakers eager to demonstrate that rosé is not the only interesting wine in the region. Only about five percent of Côtes de Provence wines are made from white grapes, particularly Rolle (Vermentino).
How Château La Gordonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef carrots, mackerel with quick mustard or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Château La Gordonne. often reveals types of flavors of green apple, lime or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, vegetal.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
How Château La Gordonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary or traditional lamb couscous (from algeria).
On the nose the red wine of Château La Gordonne. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit.
Wine that is too old, faded or has suffered from handling such as racking or bottling. In the first case it is too late, in the second case the wine must be put to rest for a few weeks in the cellar.
Planning a wine route in the of Côtes de Provence? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Gordonne.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...
Wine that is too old, faded or has suffered from handling such as racking or bottling. In the first case it is too late, in the second case the wine must be put to rest for a few weeks in the cellar.
