Winery Barrière FrèresExtra Sélection Haut-Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Extra Sélection Haut-Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Extra Sélection Haut-Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Extra Sélection Haut-Sauternes
The Extra Sélection Haut-Sauternes of Winery Barrière Frères matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis or potatoes with blue cheese and bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Barrière Frères's Extra Sélection Haut-Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Baco
Baco blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Landes). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by bunches of medium to large size, and grapes of medium to large size. Baco blanc is found in the vineyards of Languedoc & Roussillon.
Informations about the Winery Barrière Frères
The Winery Barrière Frères is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sauternes
Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Overmaturation
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
