Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Bordeaux as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Bordeaux and the best vintages to taste in this region.
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.
sweet wines from the region of Bordeaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts, blue cheese or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of apple pie, lentil and auvergne blue cheese pie or whole salmon in aromatic broth.
On the nose in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of beeswax, butter or honey and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
