The Winery Laballe is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Laballe wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Laballe 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 Laballe wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Laballe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of steak tartare, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or endives with ham.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Laballe. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of minerality, earth or citrus fruit.
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.
This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.
How Winery Laballe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of scallops in coral sauce, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or stuffed peppers.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Laballe. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Laballe. is a with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
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.
How Winery Laballe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, currywurst or duck pot au feu.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Laballe. often reveals types of flavors of earth, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of lemon, pear or tree fruit.
A full-bodied, closed wine whose qualities are noticeable, but which does not express its full potential.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
