The Winery Les Frères Laffitte is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Les Frères Laffitte wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Frères Laffitte 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 Les Frères Laffitte wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Les Frères Laffitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked salmon mediterranean style, pageot or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, pear or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or grapefruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Les Frères Laffitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), traditional tagine (morocco) or penne with chicken, mushrooms and comté.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, raspberry or lemon. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 Winery Les Frères Laffitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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How Winery Les Frères Laffitte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chinese fondue, fried onions or back of cod with courgette tagliatelle.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, strawberries or red currant and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Les Frères Laffitte. is a with a nice freshness.
Marselan noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 large bunches and small grapes. Marselan noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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Ugni blanc is a grape variety originating from Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and small to medium sized grapes. Ugni blanc can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Armagnac, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
