The Château Caillou of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château Caillou
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 21 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Caillou is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Château Caillou is a small estate ideally located in the commune of Sauternes, in Gironde. The vineyard, which measures approximately 6 hectares, consists of Sauvignon, Sémillon and Muscadelle grape varietals and has been dedicated to the production and maturation of sweet white wines for over 7 generations. Since its foundation in 1822, the vineyard of this estate has been passed down from father to son throughout the generations and is committed to promoting traditional production methods to produce typical wines from the Bordeaux terroir. The vines of Château Caillou are hand-harvested and vinified in wooden vats, with a mix of indigenous yeasts and chosen specifically for this wine region. The vineyard extends over a wooded hill and offers an extraordinary view of the Gironde river and the surrounding lands. The high daytime temperatures that characterize the summer and the freshness that sets in during the nights, are ideal for producing sweet white wine and offer the winemaker the opportunity to control the maturation of the selected grapes, which are then harvested to perfection. Château Caillou produces a magnificent Sauternes which embodies the terroir and knowledge of this winemaking house for over 200 years. These appreciated wines oppose a perfect balance between acidity and sugar to offer a unique tasting experience. They are often described as sweet, fresh and tangy with aromas of citrus, exotic fruits and honey. Château Caillou is a vineyard estate that deserves to be discovered for its rich history and original viticulture, and knows how to offer us quality wines.

Top Château Caillou wines

Looking for the best Château Caillou wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Caillou wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Caillou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Château Caillou

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Caillou

How Château Caillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of marco polo salad, savoyard pizza (cream base) or small croissants with smoked salmon (toast).

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Caillou.

  • Sémillon

Discovering 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.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top sweet wines of Château Caillou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Caillou

How Château Caillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts, blue cheese or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of apple cake, filet mignon with roquefort sauce and olives or potato and tuna gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Caillou

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Caillou. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oaky or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, vanilla or apricot. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Caillou. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Caillou

  • 1989With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 1959With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1947With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Caillou.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top white wines of Château Caillou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Caillou

How Château Caillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or gratin of coquillettes with ham.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Caillou

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Caillou.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Round

Said of a wine that is harmonious and smooth, offering no harshness in the mouth.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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