Winery Les pentes de BarèneTursan
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Gros Manseng and the Petit Manseng.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Tursan of the Winery Les pentes de Barène is in the top 5 of wines of Tursan.
Food and wine pairings with Tursan
Pairings that work perfectly with Tursan
Original food and wine pairings with Tursan
The Tursan of Winery Les pentes de Barène matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pasta with tuna and laughing cow, linguine with shrimp and spicy tomato sauce or cream and tuna quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les pentes de Barène's Tursan.
Discover the grape variety: Gros Manseng
Structured, aromatic whites with lively acidity and an ample mouth, featuring intense aromas of exotic fruits (pineapple, mango, passion fruit), ripe citrus, yellow peach, white flowers, honey and sweet spices. Made as nervy modern dry wines (Jurançon sec AOC, IGP Côtes de Gascogne) and sumptuous passerillage sweet wines (Jurançon AOC, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC). Late-ripening native grape of Béarn, the productive sibling of Petit Manseng.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tursan from Winery Les pentes de Barène are 2017, 2015
Informations about the Winery Les pentes de Barène
The Winery Les pentes de Barène is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Tursan to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Tursan
AOC of the French South-West (Landes, Gers) at the Pyrenean foothills along the Adour bends, temperate oceanic climate. Baroque is the exclusive signature white: aromatic and lively with citrus, yellow apple, pear, white flowers and a honeyed touch. Gros and Petit Manseng complement. Tannat is the signature firm structured red (blackberry, blackcurrant, leather, spices), powerful tannins, blended with Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Fer Servadou.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Thinning
Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.
