The Winery Grandes Costes of Languedoc-Roussillon

Winery Grandes Costes
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 332 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Languedoc-Roussillon

The Winery Grandes Costes is one of the best wineries to follow in Languedoc-Roussillon.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Domaine des Grandes Costes is a 10-hectare vineyard located on the Mounts of Galicia between Carcassonne and Narbonne in the Aude department of Languedoc-Roussillon. The estate is divided between non-irrigated vines, irrigated vineyards, orchards and olive groves. The presence of a wadi on the estate provides sufficient water resources for irrigation and crop sustenance. This region produces AOP Carcassonne and Côtes de Thau wines. The lineage of vineyards in this estate dates back over 50 years. Grapes from these vines are manually harvested and sorted on site to offer exceptional quality wines. The estate features rows of trees that provide a natural shelter for crops against weather conditions. The yields are low and the grapes are loaded with polyphenols, aromatics, and tannins. The goal of the team is to produce quality wines that reflect the landscape and character of this beautiful wine region. The terroir consists of marls, sands, with mixtures of both to offer excellent drainage and an adequate amount of mineral salts. The main grape varieties grown on this estate include Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre. It produces red, rosé and white wines, as well as traditional method wines. The Domaine Grandes Costes offers rich and varied experiences to its visitors. It organizes walks through the vineyards, guided tastings of wines and regional products. It also offers a wide product catalogue and hosts lectures and seminars about the history, production, and craftsmanship of local wines. The estate takes pride in offering a variety of products to its visitors, and sharing them with the world.

Top Winery Grandes Costes wines

Looking for the best Winery Grandes Costes wines in Languedoc-Roussillon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Grandes Costes 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 Grandes Costes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Grandes Costes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Grandes Costes

How Winery Grandes Costes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, spinach cannelloni or small stuffed provençal dishes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Grandes Costes

On the nose the red wine of Winery Grandes Costes. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Grandes Costes. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Grandes Costes

  • 2019With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.98/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Grandes Costes.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Carignan

Discovering the wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

The typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.

The top white wines of Winery Grandes Costes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Grandes Costes

How Winery Grandes Costes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, tunisian bricks or endive and beetroot salad with lemon cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Grandes Costes

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Grandes Costes. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Grandes Costes

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Grandes Costes.

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Rolle

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

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