Château La Fleur d’OrSauternes
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.
The Sauternes of the Château La Fleur d’Or is in the top 60 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Sauternes from the Château La Fleur d’Or
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sauternes of Château La Fleur d’Or in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sauternes of Château La Fleur d’Or in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, beeswax or apples.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Château La Fleur d’Or matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis or juliette's pizza.
Details and technical informations about Château La Fleur d’Or's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Arriloba
The white Arriloba is a grape variety that originated in . It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety is characterized by medium-sized bunches and small grapes. White Arriloba can be found in several vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes from Château La Fleur d’Or are 2009, 2010, 2015, 2011 and 2014.
Informations about the Château La Fleur d’Or
The Château La Fleur d’Or is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Hat
Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.
