Château Filhot - Gold Reserve Sauternes

Château FilhotGold Reserve Sauternes

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Gold Reserve Sauternes of Château Filhot is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
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.

Taste structure of the Gold Reserve Sauternes from the Château Filhot

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Gold Reserve Sauternes of Château Filhot in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with oak taste

toffee

On the nose the Gold Reserve Sauternes of Château Filhot in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of apricot, toffee or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.

Food and wine pairings with Gold Reserve Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with Gold Reserve Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with Gold Reserve Sauternes

The Gold Reserve Sauternes of Château Filhot matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis or quiche with blue cheese and bacon.

Details and technical informations about Château Filhot's Gold Reserve Sauternes.

Winemaker
Gabriel de Vaucelles
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Sweet Sapphire

Intra-specific cross between Beitamouni and C22-121 obtained in 2004 by David Cain at the I.F.G. of Bakersfield in California (United States). Its cultivation started in 2007. It is already known in the United States, Brazil, Australia, South Africa ... almost unknown in France. It should be noted that this variety is very much in demand in China, where it represents an important market.

Last vintages of this wine

Gold Reserve Sauternes - 1998
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Gold Reserve Sauternes from Château Filhot are 1998

Informations about the Château Filhot

The winery offers 6 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Filhot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 40000 of of France wines
In the top 200 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 4000 of sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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.


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.

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