Château CaillouSauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
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.
The Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of the Château Caillou is in the top 20 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) from the Château Caillou
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Caillou in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Caillou in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oaky or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, vanilla or apricot.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
The Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Caillou matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or lentil and auvergne blue cheese pie.
Details and technical informations about Château Caillou's Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé).
Discover the grape variety: Aledo
Table grape with long bunches and juicy, crunchy golden berries, firm flesh and a neutral sweet flavour, prized for its exceptional shelf life. Late ripening. Grown mainly for end-of-year consumption (Christmas grape) in the Vinalopó (Alicante), it benefits from the IGP Uva de Mesa Embolsada del Vinalopó. Spanish white table grape variety, native to the Valencia and Alicante region.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) from Château Caillou are 1989, 1959, 1999, 1947 and 2016.
Informations about the Château Caillou
The Château Caillou is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 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: Véraison
A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.
