Les Vignerons d'AlienorSauternes
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Les Vignerons d'Alienor matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or green salad with nuts, figs and roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Les Vignerons d'Alienor's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Verdeca
Lively, refreshing whites with a pale robe, lean palate and fresh acidity. Delicate aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), green apple, white flowers, fresh almond and saline mineral notes. Light finish, best drunk young. Star of Locorotondo DOC and Martina Franca DOC in the Itria Valley at the heart of Puglia; long used for vermouths. Native Apulian variety, identical to the Greek Lagorthi according to recent DNA analysis.
Informations about the Les Vignerons d'Alienor
The Les Vignerons d'Alienor is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 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: Presses
The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.
