The Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne of Gascogne of South West

Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne - Colombard - Chardonnay Côtes de Gascogne
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Bernard Magrez.
It is ranked in the top 31 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gascogne in the region of South West

The Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne wines

Looking for the best Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne 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 L'Aurore en Gascogne wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

How Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of tagliatelle with spinach cream, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or chicken fajitas.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

On the nose the white wine of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of green apple, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne.

  • Colombard
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gros Manseng

Discovering the wine region of Gascogne

Between the Landes forest, the Garonne and the Pyrenees, the Gascony hillsides cover the Gers dePartment and part of the Landes and Lot-et-Garonne departments. The vineyards occupy the same area as Armagnac, a brandy still produced in the region, but whose volumes have declined in favour of vins de pays (now PGI). Under the influence of a mild oceanic Climate, it is fairly wet in the west, drier in the east, especially in summer. In the west, the subsoil of tawny sands is of marine origin, covered with boulbènes; in the east, it gradually gives way to molasse, a rock resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees.

The soils are either stony and chalky (peyrusquets) or clayey and Deep (terrefort), retaining water well. The Condom region, the driest, has its own name (Condomois). The main Grape varieties cultivated are white: Colombard and Ugni blanc, the varieties of armagnac. Generally associated, sometimes completed by Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they give lively white wines with an exuberant fruitiness.

The top pink wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

How Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of shrimp marinade, quiche lorraine or chicken skewers with curry and lemon.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne.

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne

Planning a wine route in the of Gascogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery L'Aurore en Gascogne.

Discover the grape variety: Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Netherlands). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Gros Manseng blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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