Cave RabelaisLumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc
The Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc of Cave Rabelais matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of lamb tagine with prunes or homemade cookies.
Details and technical informations about Cave Rabelais's Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Cornichon blanc
Table grape with elongated gherkin-shaped berries, thin skin and crunchy flesh with a pleasant sweet flavour. Very rarely vinified. Now marginal, it survives in a few amateur gardens and ampelographic collections. A witness to French ampelographic heritage, it is among the ancient varieties studied for their historical interest and characteristic shape. French white table grape variety, formerly grown for fresh consumption and preservation.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Lumière de Muscats Moelleux Blanc from Cave Rabelais are 2016
Informations about the Cave Rabelais
The Cave Rabelais is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Moelleux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Moelleux
Emblematic style of Bordeaux off-dry whites (10-50 g sugar/L), produced across the entire AOC area from over-ripened grapes (botrytised or passerillé). Signature Sémillon dominant: golden, round whites with signature notes of honey, apricot, candied fruits, citrus, vanilla and a quince touch, unctuous, fresh palate. Sauvignon Blanc brings taut acidity, Muscadelle the floral aromatic. Accessible, gastronomic style, affordable alternative to Sauternes.
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: Shoulder
The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.
