The Winery Jean Christophe Icard of Gascogne of South West

Winery Jean Christophe Icard - Gascogne Premium Chardonnay
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Jean-Christophe Icard.
It is ranked in the top 310 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gascogne in the region of South West

The Winery Jean Christophe Icard is one of the best wineries to follow in Gascogne.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Christophe Icard wines

Looking for the best Winery Jean Christophe Icard wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Jean Christophe Icard 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 Jean Christophe Icard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

How Winery Jean Christophe Icard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork orloff, spinach, smoked salmon and ricotta lasagne or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

  • 2018With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Gascogne

Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.

The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.

The top red wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

How Winery Jean Christophe Icard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef lark, veal cutlets parmigiana or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jean Christophe Icard. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean Christophe Icard.

  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot
  • Carménère

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Jean Christophe Icard

Planning a wine route in the of Gascogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Jean Christophe Icard.

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.

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