Chateau Les BégonnesCadillac
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Cadillac
Pairings that work perfectly with Cadillac
Original food and wine pairings with Cadillac
The Cadillac of Chateau Les Bégonnes matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sliced tuna with tomato sauce, aïoli or express cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Chateau Les Bégonnes's Cadillac.
Discover the grape variety: Mècle
Mècle noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. We can find the Mècle noir cultivated in these vineyards: Savoie & Bugey, South-West.
Informations about the Chateau Les Bégonnes
The Chateau Les Bégonnes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Cadillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cadillac
The wine region of Cadillac is located in the region of Entre-deux-Mers of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Vignobles Bernard Reglat or the Château Fayau produce mainly wines sweet, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cadillac are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cadillac often reveals types of flavors of oak, tropical or ginger and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, spices or orange.
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.
News related to this wine
Women in wine: Bordeaux
Bordeaux has a history of extraordinary women running vineyards. In Sauternes & Barsac Françoise-Joséphine d’Yquem was imprisoned twice during the French revolution but managed to save both her neck and Château d’Yquem, 1er Grand Cru Classé Supérieur Sauternes. She then dedicated herself to her property, and introduced the practice of ‘tries successives’ or multiple passes through the vineyard during harvest to collect botrytised grapes at maximum maturity, transforming the quality of wines ...
Visiting World of Wine in Porto
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Is there any duty on fine-wine producers to “be accessible” in some way?’
In the last 20 years, that landscape has changed. The finest wines are now luxury goods: tokens of exclusivity. Exclusivity means exclusion. The high peaks are sealed off by fencing; only extraordinary wealth will get you through the gates. What used to be said of yachts (to move our metaphor offshore) is now true of grand cru Burgundy or luxury Champagne. If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it. Is there any duty on fine-wine producers to ‘be accessible’ in some way or other? ...
The word of the wine: Smell
A generic term for both unpleasant and pleasant odours known as perfumes. In the world of tasting, the term aroma is more commonly used.
