Château LacosteSaint-Croix-du-Mont
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Pairings that work perfectly with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Original food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
The Saint-Croix-du-Mont of Château Lacoste matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of tuna and goat cheese pie, chinese fondue or simple pancake batter.
Details and technical informations about Château Lacoste's Saint-Croix-du-Mont.
Discover the grape variety: Dattier de Saint Vallier
Table grape with long bunches and elongated golden berries, thin skin and crisp flesh, pleasant sweet flavour. Rarely vinified. Grown for fresh consumption in south-east France and Spain, valued for its attractive appearance, pleasant taste and good cold-storage life. French white table grape variety obtained in 1922 at Saint-Vallier (Drôme), a cross of chasselas × dattier de Beyrouth.
Informations about the Château Lacoste
The Château Lacoste is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Saint-Croix-du-Mont to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Sweet AOC on the right bank of the Garonne facing Sauternes (Entre-deux-Mers, 450 ha): signature Sémillon as king sweet white (85%) susceptible to noble rot (Botrytis cinerea), Sauvignon Blanc (12%) and Muscadelle (3%) as complement — enveloping signature aromas of raisin, fig, white flowers (acacia, honeysuckle), apricot, pineapple, peach and candied fruit, powerful and complex profile of remarkable intensity, outstanding length. Sauternes-style.
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: Stirring (champagne)
Manual operation (on a "desk") or mechanical (with a "gyropalette") which allows the deposit created by the yeasts (see tirage) to go down to the neck of the bottle for disgorging.
