The Château Lastours is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Lastours wines in Gaillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lastours 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 Château Lastours wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Lastours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of quick salmon skewers, shrimp curry and coconut (thailand) or chocolate mousse.
On the nose the white wine of Château Lastours. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
The wine region of Gaillac is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Robert & Bernard Plageoles or the Château de Saurs produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaillac are Duras, Merlot and Mauzac, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaillac often reveals types of flavors of earth, leather or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of butter, melon or strawberries.
In the mouth of Gaillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 202 estates and châteaux in the of Gaillac, producing 936 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gaillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Château Lastours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes stuffed moroccan style with... or old-fashioned venison stew.
On the nose the red wine of Château Lastours. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, minerality or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, leather or raspberry.
This variety is most certainly from the Tarn region, more precisely from Gaillac, and is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. It is not found in any other French wine-growing region and is virtually unknown abroad.
How Château Lastours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, lamb tagine with prunes or pasta with shrimp.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Lastours. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.
How Château Lastours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of smoked salmon sandwich, mussels with white wine and tomato or express cherry clafoutis.
How Château Lastours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.
Planning a wine route in the of Gaillac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Lastours.
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.
