The Winery Labruyere Rigal of Cahors of South West

Winery Labruyere Rigal
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 506 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Winery Labruyere Rigal is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Labruyere Rigal wines

Looking for the best Winery Labruyere Rigal wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Labruyere Rigal 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 Labruyere Rigal wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Labruyere Rigal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Labruyere Rigal

How Winery Labruyere Rigal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tripe in the style of caen, rabbit with cider and mushrooms or duck parmentier with ceps.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Labruyere Rigal.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Labruyere Rigal

Planning a wine route in the of Cahors? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Labruyere Rigal.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Labruyere Rigal and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

Preview: Tesco’s spring/summer tasting

Decanter attended Tesco’s spring/summer 2022 portfolio tasting at the end of April where over 140 wines were on show, 38 of which are new to the range. In anticipation of the full list of top buys, to follow soon, we’ve rounded up a few of our favourites to get you in the mood for spring. Tesco’s wine buying team highlighted 24 wines as their must-try buys, and five of these have featured in our initial spring roundup below. We think they showcase the diversity of the Tesco range and the value t ...

The word of the wine: Véraison

A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.