Vignoble de GascogneCourties Madíran
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Courties Madíran
Pairings that work perfectly with Courties Madíran
Original food and wine pairings with Courties Madíran
The Courties Madíran of Vignoble de Gascogne matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of stewed beef heart, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or real paella recipe from valencia.
Details and technical informations about Vignoble de Gascogne's Courties Madíran.
Discover the grape variety: Bacchus blanc
Intraspecific crossing between the sylvaner x riesling and the Müller-Thurgau obtained in 1933 in Germany by Peter Morio and Bernhard Husfeld. It can be found in England, Switzerland, Canada, ... in France, it is almost unknown.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Courties Madíran from Vignoble de Gascogne are 2010, 2012
Informations about the Vignoble de Gascogne
The Vignoble de Gascogne is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 98 wines for sale in the of Madiran to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Madiran
The wine region of Madiran is located in the region of Pyrenées of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Montus or the Château Montus produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Madiran are Tannat, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Madiran often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, red plum or graphite and sometimes also flavors of anise, fig or thyme.
The wine region of South West
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 word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)
It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.
