Château BardeMonbazillac
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Monbazillac of the Château Barde is in the top 60 of wines of Monbazillac.
Details and technical informations about Château Barde's Monbazillac.
Discover the grape variety: Mavro
Light, low-coloured reds to drink young, with a clear ruby robe, soft tannins and an airy palate on simple red fruit (cherry, strawberry) and Mediterranean notes. Also the base for the dried-grape Commandaria. Historic pillar of Cypriot wines and base of the ancestral Commandaria when raisined with Xynisteri. Autochthonous black variety of Cyprus, the most widely planted on the island.
Informations about the Château Barde
The Château Barde is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Monbazillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monbazillac
World's largest sweet AOC south of Bergerac (South-West): signature Sémillon as king white with Sauvignon and Muscadelle — medium-sweet to botrytized sweet wines with opulent notes of honey, candied apricot, quince, pineapple, mango, beeswax, saffron and a touch of spice, unctuousness balanced by fine acidity. Successive picking of noble grapes mandatory. AOC (1936), ~2,320 ha on clay-limestone slopes, morning mists favoring Botrytis cinerea, 10-50 year aging.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Sulphur
An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.
