Irouleguy Wine: Grapes, Style and Bottles

Signature grapes

Producers listed

Bottles to find

Irouleguy is a wine region of France.

Tannat leads the plantings, with Cabernet Franc, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng and Courbu alongside it.

The ground underneath is clay, limestone and sandstone.

The climate is maritime/oceanic.

The vineyards themselves read as hills and slopes.

Red wine, white wine and rosé wine is what the region is known for, and in the glass it shows fruity and tannic, earthy notes and intensely fruity and fragrant.

Names to look for on a shelf: Cave Irouleguy, Domaine Arretxea and Domaine Bordaxuria.

At the table these bottles work with piperrada, jambon de bayonne and spicy piment d’espelette peppers.

Soil

ClayLimestoneSandstone

Climate

Maritime/oceanic

Terrain

HillsSlopes

Styles

redwhiterosé

In the glass.

Red: Fruity and tannic, Earthy notes.

Rosé: Intensely fruity and fragrant.

Grapes planted here.

01 TannatDominant Read → 02 Cabernet FrancBlending Read → 03 Gros MansengDominant Read → 04 Petit MansengBlending Read → 05 CourbuBlending Read → 06 Petit Courbu Read →

Producers worth knowing.

01 Cave Irouleguy

02 Domaine Arretxea

03 Domaine Bordaxuria

Bottles to look for.

Cave d'Irouleguy 'Kattalin' Blanc, Irouleguy, France
Cave d'Irouleguy 'Omenaldi', Irouleguy, France
Cave d'Irouleguy Domaine de Mignaberry Irouleguy, France
Domaine Arretxea 'Burdin Harria', Irouleguy, France
Domaine Arretxea 'Gres', Irouleguy, France
Domaine Arretxea 'Schistes', Irouleguy, France
Domaine Arretxea Cuvee Haitza Rouge, Irouleguy, France
Domaine Arretxea Cuvee Hegoxuri, Irouleguy, France

At the table.

Piperrada
Jambon de Bayonne
spicy Piment d’Espelette peppers

Nearby regions.

01 Pais VascoSpain Read → 02 AlsaceFrance Read → 03 MadiranFrance Read → 04 UruguayUruguay Read → 05 JurançonFrance Read → 06 BéarnFrance Read → 07 ProvenceFrance Read → 08 NavarraSpain Read →

Irouleguy: common questions

01.

What grapes is Irouleguy known for?

Tannat is the signature grape of Irouleguy. Cabernet Franc, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng and Courbu are also planted here.

02.

What kind of wine does Irouleguy make?

Irouleguy produces red wine, white wine and rosé wine.

03.

Where is Irouleguy?

You will find Irouleguy in France, where it is a wine region.

04.

What food goes with Irouleguy wine?

Try piperrada, jambon de bayonne and spicy piment d’espelette peppers.

More from here: every wine region in France.