Winery GuinotBlanquette de Limoux
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Chardonnay, the Chenin blanc and the Mauzac.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Blanquette de Limoux
Pairings that work perfectly with Blanquette de Limoux
Original food and wine pairings with Blanquette de Limoux
The Blanquette de Limoux of Winery Guinot matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti squash with cream and bacon, whole salmon in aromatic broth or brasucade of mussels from languedoc.
Details and technical informations about Winery Guinot's Blanquette de Limoux.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Blanquette de Limoux from Winery Guinot are 2016
Informations about the Winery Guinot
The Winery Guinot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Blanquette de Limoux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Blanquette de Limoux
France's first sparkling AOC (1938, predating Champagne): Mauzac signature sparkling white king (≥90%, 'blanquette' for white down on leaf underside) complemented by Chenin and Chardonnay — traditional or ancestral method (bottling March descending moon, 100% Mauzac) signatures, light profile with very fine bubbles and typical green apple and pear notes, delicate sweetness. Mediterranean influences and Pyrenean freshness, slow ripening.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Largest single French vineyard, dominated by sunny, generous reds. Spicy Syrah, candied Grenache (ripe fruit, garrigue), structured Carignan, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Stars: structured Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, Saint-Chinian; round Côtes-du-Roussillon. Legendary vins doux naturels: Banyuls and Maury (fortified Grenache) with notes of cocoa, fig, prune.
The word of the wine: Wirehood
Flexible metal fastener used to hold the cork of champagne bottles.
