Winery CaplaneSauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin
The Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin of Winery Caplane matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or potato gratin with blue cheese and bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Caplane's Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin.
Discover the grape variety: Milgranet
Supple and fruity reds with a sustained ruby colour, silky tannins and an airy palate with preserved acidity, featuring aromas of red fruits (raspberry, pomegranate), sweet spices and peppery notes. Discreet southern profile. Preserved for its heritage value, it survives in a few heritage plots in the Tarn and at Fronton, and is among the ancient South-West grape varieties under study. French autochthonous black grape from the South-West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes Cuvée l'Ausepin from Winery Caplane are 2010
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: Interknot
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
