Winery CalvetBordeaux Sauvignon Blanc
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Taste structure of the Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc from the Winery Calvet
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Calvet in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Calvet in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of citrus, gooseberry or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc
The Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Calvet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of oven-baked sausage, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or fresh pasta.
Details and technical informations about Winery Calvet's Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc from Winery Calvet are 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Calvet
The Winery Calvet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 306 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Powdery mildew
Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Less dreadful than mildew, it only attacks the surface of the green parts. Sulphur has long been the best remedy.
