The Vignobles Fontan is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Gascogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Vignobles Fontan wines in Gascogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Vignobles Fontan 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 Vignobles Fontan wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Vignobles Fontan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!), lasagne with two salmons or cuttlefish in parsley sauce.
On the nose the white wine of Vignobles Fontan. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of apricot, lemon or gooseberry.
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.
How Vignobles Fontan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, duck legs confit or ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew).
On the nose the red wine of Vignobles Fontan. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or lime and sometimes also flavors of minerality, earth or tree fruit.
Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Vignobles Fontan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sweet wine of Vignobles Fontan. often reveals types of flavors of grass, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or honey.
Name of the barrel used in Burgundy (capacity of 228 litres).
How Vignobles Fontan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of baeckeoffe, lamb stew with yoghurt and coriander or tuscan linguine.
On the nose the pink wine of Vignobles Fontan. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, strawberries or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Vignobles Fontan. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
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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.
