The Winery L'Ostal is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery L'Ostal wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Ostal 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'Ostal wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery L'Ostal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), dab with coconut milk or gratin of fresh chard (green and ribs).
On the nose the red wine of Winery L'Ostal. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery L'Ostal. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.
This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.
How Winery L'Ostal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of californian sushi (reverse maki), cod (or skrei) with orange or rice with milk.
On the nose the white wine of Winery L'Ostal. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
This variety is most certainly from the Tarn region, more precisely from Gaillac, and is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. It is not found in any other French wine-growing region and is virtually unknown abroad.
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Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.
