The Château Vieux Touron of Guyenne of South West

Château Vieux Touron
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 623 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

The Château Vieux Touron is one of the best wineries to follow in Guyenne.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Vieux Touron wines

Looking for the best Château Vieux Touron wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Vieux Touron 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 Château Vieux Touron wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Vieux Touron

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Vieux Touron

How Château Vieux Touron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of mackerel fillets (quick bake), mussels with chicken or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Vieux Touron

  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Vieux Touron.

  • Muscadelle
  • 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.

The top red wines of Château Vieux Touron

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Vieux Touron

How Château Vieux Touron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

The top sweet wines of Château Vieux Touron

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Vieux Touron

How Château Vieux Touron wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Organic (agriculture)

A type of agriculture (and therefore viticulture) based on respect for living organisms and biological cycles, and which excludes the use of synthetic treatment products and synthetic fertilizers. Organic farming is guaranteed by the respect of a set of specifications.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Vieux Touron

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 Château Vieux Touron.

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

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The word of the wine: Organic (agriculture)

A type of agriculture (and therefore viticulture) based on respect for living organisms and biological cycles, and which excludes the use of synthetic treatment products and synthetic fertilizers. Organic farming is guaranteed by the respect of a set of specifications.