The Château Lirette is one of the best wineries to follow in Entre-deux-Mers.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Entre-deux-Mers to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Lirette wines in Entre-deux-Mers among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lirette 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 Château Lirette wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Lirette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked lasagna, slow-cooked veal roast or saddle of venison with fresh cream.
Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine-growing sub-region of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Its name literally translates as "between two seas", although the seas in question are actually rivers - the Garonne and the Dordogne, which form the southern and northern boundaries of the region respectively. The Entre-deux-Mers is home to a variety of appellations, producing wines in styles ranging from the Sweet botrytised whites of Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont - all close to the northeast bank of the Garonne - to the Dry table wines of Sainte-Foy and Graves de Vayres, closer to the Dordogne. The region stretching along the Garonne from the group of sweet white wine appellations to the area east of the city of Bordeaux is the red wine appellation Côtes de Bordeaux - until 2009 called Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a title now reserved for sweet whites.
The appellations in this region can certainly be difficult to learn; Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge is for both sweet and dry whites, while in the same area Bordeaux Haut-Benauge can only be used for dry wines. The Entre-deux-Mers regional appellation title itself applies only to dry white wines made from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Muscadelle and Ugni Blanc. However, the majority of wines produced within the boundaries of the Entre-Deux-Mers AOC are instead labeled as Generic Bordeaux or superior Bordeaux. Entre-deux-Mers occupies a significant portion of the Bordeaux region, stretching from the city in the west to the farmland of Bergerac in the east.
How Château Lirette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or juliette's pizza.
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.
How Château Lirette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chicken pie, zucchini quiche or coconut chicken and curry.
On the nose the white wine of Château Lirette. often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth.
A wooden barrel made of oak that varies in size depending on the region and is used to age wines. Some white wines are vinified and aged in barrels.
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Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
