Winery CaplaneCuvée Spéciale Sauternes
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes
The Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes of Winery Caplane matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or provencal quiche with roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Caplane's Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Chasan
Aromatic and structured whites with a golden robe, full mouthfeel and preserved acidity, with aromas of yellow fruits (peach, pear), citrus, white flowers (acacia), light honey and sunny Mediterranean notes. Productive and well-adapted to hot climates. Grown in Languedoc-Roussillon for IGP Pays d'Oc, as single-variety or blended cuvées. A French hybrid created in 1958 in Montpellier by Paul Truel (Palomino × Chardonnay).
Informations about the Winery Caplane
The Winery Caplane is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 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: N-D
Negociant-distributor. In Champagne, a company that buys finished wines in bottles that are dressed under a brand name with the merchant's own labels.
