The Château Fontaine of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château Fontaine
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 197 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Fontaine is one of the best wineries to follow in Sauternes.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fontaine wines

Looking for the best Château Fontaine wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fontaine wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Fontaine wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Château Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Fontaine

How Château Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or the aveyronnaise or the auvergnate.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Fontaine

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Fontaine. often reveals types of flavors of honey, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Fontaine. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Fontaine

  • 2011With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Fontaine.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discovering 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.

Chateau d'Yquem premier cru superieur.

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Planning a wine route in the of Sauternes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fontaine.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.