The Winery Lousteau-Vieil is one of the best wineries to follow in Graves.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines in Graves among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Lousteau-Vieil 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 Lousteau-Vieil wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, andouillette de troyes with chaource sauce or duck breast with honey sauce.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.
The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.
How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato, squid rings with tomato or real chocolate cake.
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.
How Winery Lousteau-Vieil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, ham and comté quiche or basque piperade.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lousteau-Vieil. is a powerful.
This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.
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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.
