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Bordes Blanc Sec 2008, Domaine de Bordes - Cotes de Gascogne
Bordes Blanc Sec 2008, Domaine de Bordes - Cotes de Gascogne
Bottle Price: £7.25
Case Price: £82.7
- Country: France
- Region: Gascony
- Grape Variety: Colombard, Gros Manseng, Ugni Blanc
- Alcohol: 12%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Cotes de Gascogne a vivacious dry white with exotic fruits and white floral aromas. Dry white wine , clear pale yellow with glints .- An intense nose , full of fresh , complex and refined; dominated by notes of flowers and fruits such as acacia and white peach. In the mouth , complex and toned finish with citrus.
Have with: fish dishes, oysters and seafood, poultry, pasta and salads. Goats Cheese.
Domaine de Bordes - Cotes de Gascogne, Gascony Located in the heart of Gascony, the domaine has been in family hands since 1927 and stretches over 90 hectares. Light soils and an oceanic climate give a fruity expression to even their driest of wines. It's Vin de Pays des des Côtes de Gascogne stood out amongst a plethora of similarly-priced wines we tried on our visit to Vinisud in Montpellier earlier in the year. It's a vivacious dry white wine with exotic fruits and wild flower aromas that carry through to a light-bodied palate of crisp green fruit balanced with a roundness on a clean finish. Silver Medal Winner at the Concours Général de Paris 2005
Since its Roman introduction viticulture has dominated the region. Vineyards large and small cover swathes of the countryside.. There are a large number of independent domaines and cooperatives producing excellent wines. Armagnac is distilled from young wine from November to January and as a digestive its vintages rivals Cognac. It also provides the base for the local aperitifs Floc de Gascogne and Pousse rapierrre... Armagnac is the oldest French eau-de-vie. Its origins can be traced back to the Middle Ages where it was used as a pharmaceutical product. Over time, the eau-de-vie soon became appreciated for its flavoursome taste and so its commercialization started to develop particularly in the 17th Century through the ports of Bayonne or Bordeaux with the Dutch traders. Armagnac hence became a reputed eau-de-vie throughout Europe. After the practically total destruction of the vines by phylloxera around 1878, the region was reorganised and a limited area of production agreed - Armagnac with its three regions established in 1936 was one of the first French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC)
