Chateau des OrmesCuvée Prestige Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sauternes
The Cuvée Prestige Sauternes of Chateau des Ormes matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or chicken fillets with gorgonzola.
Details and technical informations about Chateau des Ormes's Cuvée Prestige Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat of Alexandria
Intensely perfumed aromatic whites with a pale golden robe and an ample palate, showing powerful signature aromas of muscat, rose, white flowers (orange blossom), exotic fruits (lychee, mango), candied citrus and honeyed notes. Vinified mainly as sweet, passito and liqueur wines. The star of Moscato di Pantelleria DOC (Sicily), Málaga DO, Setúbal DOC. The English name for Muscat d'Alexandrie, a historic aromatic variety from the eastern Mediterranean.
Informations about the Chateau des Ormes
The Chateau des Ormes 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: Lemonade maker
Corkscrew of the wine waiter equipped with a small blade allowing to cut the capsule, a worm and a system of rack allowing to extract the cork easily.
