Château Les Vieux Rocs - Château Des Ormes Sauternes

Château Les Vieux RocsChâteau Des Ormes Sauternes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Château Des Ormes Sauternes of Château Les Vieux Rocs is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
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 Château Des Ormes Sauternes from the Château Les Vieux Rocs

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Château Des Ormes Sauternes of Château Les Vieux Rocs 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 Château Des Ormes Sauternes of Château Les Vieux Rocs in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Château Des Ormes Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with Château Des Ormes Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with Château Des Ormes Sauternes

The Château Des Ormes Sauternes of Château Les Vieux Rocs matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or croque monsieur with 4 cheeses.

Details and technical informations about Château Les Vieux Rocs's Château Des Ormes Sauternes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Last vintages of this wine

Château Des Ormes Sauternes - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Château Des Ormes Sauternes - 2011
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Château Des Ormes Sauternes - 2010
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Château Des Ormes Sauternes - 2009
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Château Des Ormes Sauternes from Château Les Vieux Rocs are 2011, 2014, 2010, 2009

Informations about the Château Les Vieux Rocs

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Les Vieux Rocs is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 40000 of of France wines
In the top 6500 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 4000 of sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.

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