Château LastoursLes Graviers Gaillac Blanc
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Mauzac and the Muscadelle.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc of the Château Lastours is in the top 10 of wines of Gaillac.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc of Château Lastours in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc
The Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc of Château Lastours matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of marinated raw salmon ('gravad lax' in swedish), shrimp curry (reunionese recipe) or tarte tatin.
Details and technical informations about Château Lastours's Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Mauzac
Mauzac is a grape variety, black or white (the white one is better known), originating from the South-West. It is mainly cultivated in the vineyards of Gaillac and Limoux (where it is called blanquette), on about 5,000 hectares. mauzac has medium-sized bunches, composed of berries whose colour can vary from green to red depending on the maturity of the grapes. This grape variety likes limestone and clay-limestone soils, and it is here that it is most productive. Its white wines are fat, with little acidity and marked by aromas of ripe apple, pear, honey, quince, vanilla and violet, typical of the great sweet wines of Gaillac. mauzac also produces the famous Blanquette-de-Limoux in rural method. In this region, Mauzac is competing with Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay, especially for sparkling wines which are more similar to Champagne. It is also used in some appellations such as Entre-deux-Mers, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Vins-de-Lavilledieu...
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Graviers Gaillac Blanc from Château Lastours are 2012, 2011, 2017, 2014 and 2016.
Informations about the Château Lastours
The Château Lastours is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Gaillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gaillac
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.
The wine region of South West
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 word of the wine: Baco 22A
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
