The Winery Le Galion of Bergerac of South West

Winery Le Galion - Bergerac Blanc Sec
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 157 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Bergerac in the region of South West

The Winery Le Galion is one of the best wineries to follow in Bergerac.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Bergerac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Le Galion wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Le Galion

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Galion

How Winery Le Galion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream, mie goreng or chocolate mug cake.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Galion.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Bergerac

The wine region of Bergerac is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Tour des Gendres or the Vignoble des Verdots produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bergerac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bergerac often reveals types of flavors of non oak, yeast or black currant and sometimes also flavors of mint, pineapple or cream.

In the mouth of Bergerac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 518 estates and châteaux in the of Bergerac, producing 1004 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bergerac go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.

The top pink wines of Winery Le Galion

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Le Galion

How Winery Le Galion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Le Galion

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

The top red wines of Winery Le Galion

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Galion

How Winery Le Galion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, marinated shoulder of lamb or roast turkey in the oven.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Galion.

  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.

The top sweet wines of Winery Le Galion

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Le Galion

How Winery Le Galion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo, pageot or traditional pastry flan.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Le Galion

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Le Galion.

  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Galion

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

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Le Galion and wines from the region

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’

Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...

The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.