Vin du Tarn - Gaillac

Vin du Tarn - Gaillac

Want to know a wine seceret? Gaillac

The wines of Gaillac (pronounced (forgett the double "ll" ) Gai ac, like Kiyac) are one of the best kept French wine secrets, cheapish, good, improving.

This region of France was one of the last places the middle ages relinquished in France and that only recently. Today, a tour of the "Bastides", fortified hill top villages, and of the best vineyards is becoming with good reason, increasingly popular.

The paintings of Gordon Frickers give one an idea of the beauty and variety of this one of the least exploited regions of France.

Already some people have toured Gaillac and the Tarn looking for the sites Gordon Frickers painted. The extra ordinary colour and light of his paintings seem to be starting to do for this beautiful region what Cezanne and his illustrious friends did for Provence and Brittany.

The people of Gaillac have after centuries of slumber, woken up to their potential, Tarn tourism and their Gaillac wine now going up in value year on year.

For example, "Passion", a red from Cave de Tecou - no no no not Cave de Tesco, Tecou is the name of a valley and minor river, went from €2.50 in 1996 to €8.00 in 2003. Scandleous isn't it... If you visit the Cave de Tecou near Gaillac, be sure to tell them how you know of them.

Traditionally the Gaillac wines were used mostly within France. There is a link with Bordeaux wine described here in "further reading". Bordeaux wine is as you probably know, were many of the best wines in the world are made.