Château Bastor-LamontagneLes Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Taste structure of the Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes from the Château Bastor-Lamontagne
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes of Château Bastor-Lamontagne in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Food and wine pairings with Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes
The Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes of Château Bastor-Lamontagne matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or ginouflade (kind of truffade or aligot but multi cheese).
Details and technical informations about Château Bastor-Lamontagne's Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle
Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Charmes de Bastor Lamontagne Sauternes from Château Bastor-Lamontagne are 2012
Informations about the Château Bastor-Lamontagne
The Château Bastor-Lamontagne is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 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: White Grenache
White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.
