The Winery Denis Marchais of Gascogne of South West

Winery Denis Marchais - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 41 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Gascogne in the region of South West

The Winery Denis Marchais is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Denis Marchais wines

Looking for the best Winery Denis Marchais wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Denis Marchais 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 Denis Marchais wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Denis Marchais

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Denis Marchais

How Winery Denis Marchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, pasta with auvergne blue cheese or veal cutlets au gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Denis Marchais

On the nose the red wine of Winery Denis Marchais. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Denis Marchais. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Denis Marchais

  • 2014With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.24/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Denis Marchais.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Gascogne

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.

The top white wines of Winery Denis Marchais

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Denis Marchais

How Winery Denis Marchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of penne à la toscane, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Denis Marchais

On the nose the white wine of Winery Denis Marchais. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, apples or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Denis Marchais. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Denis Marchais

  • 2019With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.31/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Denis Marchais.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Colombard
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Denis Marchais

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Denis Marchais

How Winery Denis Marchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or delicious moroccan fritters.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Denis Marchais

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Denis Marchais.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Denis Marchais

Planning a wine route in the of Gascogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Denis Marchais.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Denis Marchais and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.