The Grande Maison of Guyenne of South West

Grande Maison - Chateau Les Cailloux Grande Maison Cuvée des Anges Monbazillac
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West
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The Grande Maison is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Grande Maison wines

Looking for the best Grande Maison wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Grande Maison 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 Grande Maison wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Grande Maison

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Grande Maison

How Grande Maison wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of tartiflette with smoked salmon, lamb curry indian style or chocolate mousse.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Grande Maison

On the nose the sweet wine of Grande Maison. often reveals types of flavors of earth, raisin or floral and sometimes also flavors of spices, vegetal or non oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Grande Maison

  • 1998With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Grande Maison.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

The top red wines of Grande Maison

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Grande Maison

How Grande Maison wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or pork such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, ramen (noodle) soup or spaghetti squash with cream and bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Grande Maison

On the nose the red wine of Grande Maison. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices.

The best vintages in the red wines of Grande Maison

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Grande Maison.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

The top white wines of Grande Maison

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Grande Maison

How Grande Maison wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of irish tartiflette, cassolettes of scallops or homemade cookies.

The best vintages in the white wines of Grande Maison

  • 2014With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Grande Maison.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

The word of the wine: SGN

Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.

The top pink wines of Grande Maison

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Grande Maison

How Grande Maison wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ) or my grandmother's rabbit stew.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Grande Maison.

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Grande Maison

Planning a wine route in the of Guyenne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Grande Maison.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Grande Maison and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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 ...

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

Jackson Family Wines buys first vineyard in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley

The family-owned company made its first foray into Washington State last year when it began buying grapes from select vineyards throughout the Walla Walla Valley. The winemaking team was impressed by the quality coming out of the region, and it has now pounced on the opportunity to acquire land there. It snapped up 61 acres of an existing 117-acre property in Mill Creek. A local firm called Abeja, founded by Ken and Ginger Roberts, bought the land back in 2000 in a bid to grow world-class Cabern ...

The word of the wine: SGN

Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.