The Winery La Croix de Gaillan of Libournais of Bordeaux

Winery La Croix de Gaillan - Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1447 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Libournais in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery La Croix de Gaillan is one of the best wineries to follow in Libournais.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Libournais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Croix de Gaillan wines

Looking for the best Winery La Croix de Gaillan wines in Libournais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Croix de Gaillan 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 La Croix de Gaillan wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

How Winery La Croix de Gaillan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, roast veal with milk and rosemary or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Croix de Gaillan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Libournais

Rich in world-renowned wines, such as Saint-Emilion Grands Crus and Bordeaux/libournais/pomerol">Pomerol, the Libourne region Lies on the right bank of the Dordogne, on the edge of the Périgord. The region takes its name from the port city of Libourne, where many merchants from the Correze settled in the early 19th century. But its jewel is the small medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux wine region. The region is very homogeneous due to its hilly landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), the concentration of vineyards and the importance of family-run, small or medium-sized estates, which contrast with the large Medoc-type estates.

The Libournais is also Distinguished by its Grape variety dominated by Merlot, which gives Finesse, roundness and fruitiness to the red wines and allows them to age well, even if they generally Open up more quickly than those of appellations dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon. .

The top white wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

How Winery La Croix de Gaillan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chinchards with white wine and grapes, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or scandinavian beef balls.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Croix de Gaillan. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

How Winery La Croix de Gaillan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery La Croix de Gaillan

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Croix de Gaillan

Planning a wine route in the of Libournais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery La Croix de Gaillan.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery La Croix de Gaillan and wines from the region

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St-Emilion council defends classification after Angélus withdrawal

Château Angélus’ announcement that it is withdrawing from the process to create the 2022 St-Emilion Classification has sent shockwaves through the region and raised questions about the ranking’s future form.  With Châteaux Ausone and Cheval Blanc having announced their withdrawal last year, three of the top-ranking ‘Premier Grand Cru Classé A’ estates from the last edition of the St-Emilion Classification in 2012 will not be candidates for the revised ranking, due this ye ...

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

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The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.