The Domaine l'Ancienne Cure is one of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine l'Ancienne Cure 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 Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod).
On the nose the red wine of Domaine l'Ancienne Cure. often reveals types of flavors of dark fruit, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine l'Ancienne Cure. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.
Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.
How Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of grilled tuna with mediterranean marinade, shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou or quick chocolate fudge cake.
On the nose the sweet wine of Domaine l'Ancienne Cure. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach.
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 Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb chops marinated with herbs or empanadas de carne (argentina).
A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.
How Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of soy and shrimp noodles, steamed salmon marinated in herbs or chinese noodles with shrimp.
On the nose the white wine of Domaine l'Ancienne Cure. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, honey. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine l'Ancienne Cure. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Domaine l'Ancienne Cure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pan-fried salmon papillote, parsley knives or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.
A sensual, full-bodied animal substance used in luxury perfumery, produced by a small deer, the musk deer, also called musk deer.
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Ondenc is a white grape variety from the southwest of France, particularly present in the vineyards of Bergerac, Duras, Montravel and Gaillac, and is very sensitive to disease, but vigorous and fertile. Pruned short, this variety resists very well to the autan wind. ondenc gives dry or sweet white wines of a beautiful finesse. To gain in complexity, alcohol content and aromatic expression, it is often blended with other white grape varieties. When distilled, it is also the source of high quality perfumed eaux de vie. It is often used in the composition of AOC Côtes-de-Bergerac, Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Gaillac, etc. Ondenc accounts for less than 10 hectares in France, but is very present in Australia.
