Winery Andre QuancardCru Carbonnieu Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Cru Carbonnieu Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cru Carbonnieu Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Cru Carbonnieu Sauternes
The Cru Carbonnieu Sauternes of Winery Andre Quancard matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or gratin dauphinois with roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Andre Quancard's Cru Carbonnieu Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Ortega
Aromatic, muscat-scented whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Intense aromas of muscat, yellow peach, apricot, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and soft spices. Produced as dry, sweet and Beerenauslese/Trockenbeerenauslese styles by noble rot. Early ripening; it signs the aromatic whites of Germany (Franconia, Rheinhessen), the UK and Canada. German variety created in 1948 in Würzburg.
Informations about the Winery Andre Quancard
The Winery Andre Quancard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 93 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sauternes
Iconic Bordeaux AOC for noble sweet wines, left bank of the Garonne. Golden whites with signature notes of honey, candied apricot, exotic fruit, orange peel, saffron and a finish tightened by chiselled acidity, opulent yet nervy palate — a great age-worthy wine of emotion. Botrytised Semillon dominates (Ciron 'noble rot') concentrating sugars, Sauvignon Blanc adds vivacity, Muscadelle perfume. ~1,416 ha across 5 villages.
The wine region of Bordeaux
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.
The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)
Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.
