Château de CaillavetBordeaux Sec
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sec
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Sec
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sec
The Bordeaux Sec of Château de Caillavet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of ham with leek fondue, goat cheese and bacon quiche or wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel.
Details and technical informations about Château de Caillavet's Bordeaux Sec.
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.
Informations about the Château de Caillavet
The Château de Caillavet is one of wineries to follow in Bordeaux Sec.. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Sec to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Sec
All Dry white wines produced in Gironde can claim the regional appellation Bordeaux sec. The 1977 decree specifies that white wines with an Alcohol content of between 10 and 13° and a sugar content of less than 4g/l must be labelled as dry Bordeaux. The Bordeaux dry wine area covers 6,500 hectares and produces an average of 383,000 hl of wine per year. Its soils are clay-limestone, clay-siliceous, made up of gravel, sand and silt.
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: Musky
Said of an odor reminiscent of musk.
