The Winery Moulin de Fontenille of Guyenne of South West

Winery Moulin de Fontenille
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1532 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Winery Moulin de Fontenille is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Moulin de Fontenille wines

Looking for the best Winery Moulin de Fontenille wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Moulin de Fontenille 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 Moulin de Fontenille wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Moulin de Fontenille

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Moulin de Fontenille

How Winery Moulin de Fontenille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of cod rougail, marinated mussels with maroilles or plain cupcakes.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Moulin de Fontenille

  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Moulin de Fontenille.

  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.

Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Moulin de Fontenille

Planning a wine route in the of Guyenne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Moulin de Fontenille.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

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.

News about Winery Moulin de Fontenille and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Castle

A term often used to designate wineries, even if they do not have a real castle.

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