The Château Roc de Bouty is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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How Château Roc de Bouty wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of stuffed peppers, lamb with vermicelli or stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce.
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 Château Roc de Bouty wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of gratin comtois, grandma's cherry clafoutis or veal sauté with gorgonzola.
It is said to be of Slovenian origin, where it is cultivated under the name of Prosekar, also known for a long time in Italy under the name of Glera. It should not be confused with prosecco lungo - although there is a family link - and prosecco nostrano, which is none other than Tuscany's malvasia. Note that Vitouska - another Italian grape variety - is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Tuscan malvasia and Prosecco. Under the name of Glera, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can be found in practically all of the former Yugoslavia, and more surprisingly in Argentina, but is virtually unknown in France.
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Found in Switzerland in the upper Valais where it was used to produce the famous "Vin des glaciers". In France, it is little known except in Savoie and the Jura, although it is listed in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. According to published genetic analyses, it is the grandmother of five grape varieties, including humagne rouge or petit rouge or cornalin d'Aoste; the mother of grosse arvine and the half-sister of freisa. It is also related to the poulsard, the nosiola, the cascarolo bianco, the groppello di revo, ... for more details click here !
