Château FontaineGrande Reserve Sauternes
Sweet wine
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 Grande Reserve Sauternes from the Château Fontaine
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Grande Reserve Sauternes of Château Fontaine in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Grande Reserve Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Reserve Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Reserve Sauternes
The Grande Reserve Sauternes of Château Fontaine matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or cream of chicory soup with roquefort in the thermomix.
Details and technical informations about Château Fontaine's Grande Reserve Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Plavac mali
Powerful and alcoholic reds with an inky colour, firm tannins and a dense palate, on intense aromas of blackberry, candied plum, fig, Mediterranean garrigue (bay, rosemary), spices and balsamic notes. Excellent ageing potential. Star of the Dalmatian appellations Dingač and Postup on the vertiginous slopes of the Pelješac peninsula, also in Hvar and Brač. Native Croatian variety, a natural offspring of Crljenak Kaštelanski (ancestor of Zinfandel) × Dobričić.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grande Reserve Sauternes from Château Fontaine are 2011, 2016, 2009
Informations about the Château Fontaine
The Château Fontaine is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Graves
Historic cradle of Bordeaux wine, left bank south of the city. Structured reds on siliceous gravel: firm cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon, velvety Merlot, perfumed Cabernet Franc, signature notes of black fruit, smoke, graphite and cigar box. Elegant dry whites blending Sauvignon (citrus, boxwood, freshness) and Sémillon (wax, honey, richness with ageing), among Bordeaux's longest-lived. Also sweet Graves Supérieures.
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: Herbaceous
Vegetable odour reminiscent of freshly cut grass and considered a defect of the wine.
