Winery Andre QuancardCuvée Prestige Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
The Cuvée Prestige Sauternes of Winery Andre Quancard matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or filet mignon with roquefort sauce and olives.
Details and technical informations about Winery Andre Quancard's Cuvée Prestige Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Lagorthi
Lively, structured altitude whites with a pale golden robe, an airy, taut palate with fine acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, white-fleshed fruits (pear), and calcareous mineral notes. Excellent ageing potential. The star of Patras and Achaia whites (Peloponnese), thriving on high-altitude limestone terroirs of the northern Peloponnese.
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: Alcohol
A generic term for the various alcohols produced during fermentation that give the wine body, structure and warmth.
