Gaillac is a thousand-year-old city located between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has built its reputation on its vineyard which bears its name.
The history of Gaillac
Gaillac is a French commune, located in the department of Tarn, in the Occitanie region. The town of Gaillac was founded in the 2nd century BC. The local Gauls turned it into a river port through which they exported their wine to the Roman province of Narbonnaise. When Aquitaine was absorbed by Rome, Gaillac prospered with Montans supplying the containers.
It is also a town of history, where you can discover the Abbey of Saint Michel, the castle of Foucauld surrounded by its park, the maze of narrow streets that form the crown of historic Gaillac.
Finally, Gaillac is one of the oldest vineyards in Gaul. The culture of the vine, imported into Gaul by the Phoenicians, developed in three main cradles: the Côte-Rotie, the Hermitage and the Gaillacois. Gaillac and wine is a 2,000-year history. The growth of the vineyard is explained by the very favourable climatic conditions for the development of the vine, the confirmation of the very ancient presence of wild vitis vinifera and the geographical situation.
Gaillac is also a crossroads of very important roads: this network has made it possible to facilitate the transport of goods and in particular wine. Gaillac was an important port which only disappeared definitively at the end of the 19th century.
Wineries to visit near Gaillac
The 13-hectare property, which dates back more than three centuries, is located in the heart of the Gaillac appellation. The estate's grape varieties include Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and the traditional grape varieties: Mauzac, Loin de l'œil, Braucol, Duras and Prunelard. The wines of Château Maresque come from a deep clay-limestone terroir, located on the first slopes of Gaillac.
The vineyard is located in Gaillac, in the middle of the South-West vineyard. The terroir is mainly composed of clay-limestone slopes and a few plots of gravel. The vineyard's grape varieties are varied, apart from the classic varieties such as Sauvignon, Muscadelle, Syrah, Merlot and Gamay, they grow the emblematic varieties of Gaillac such as Mauzac and Len de l'el in white, Braucol and Duras in red.
The estate is located in the commune of Gaillac with a vineyard that extends over 7 hectares with the greatest respect for the environment and the vines. The vineyard's grape varieties are large and typical of the South-West: they grow Sauvignon Blanc, Loin de l'Oeil, Braucol and Syrah.
The Maison Labastide is located on the banks of the Tarn in the heart of the Occitanie Region and one of the oldest vineyards in France. Implanted in the first century BC by the Romans, the Gaillac vineyard is located on the banks of the Tarn. The vineyard benefits from a double climatic influence, oceanic softness and Mediterranean heat. With nearly 1000 hectares of vineyards and 90 winegrowers, the Labastide house vinifies grapes from the four distinct terroirs of the appellation (the Terrasses de la Rive Gauche, the Coteaux de la Rive Droite, the Plateau Cordais and the Cunac nucleus), giving its wines a wide range of expression. Thanks to the richness of these terroirs and the typicity of the local grape varieties, Labastide produces wines with a strong winemaking identity.
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