Château Puy-ServainMontravel
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Montravel of Château Puy-Servain in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of citrus, lemon or pear and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Montravel
Pairings that work perfectly with Montravel
Original food and wine pairings with Montravel
The Montravel of Château Puy-Servain matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon steaks with cream sauce, mussels with cream supers or tiramisu (original recipe).
Details and technical informations about Château Puy-Servain's Montravel.
Discover the grape variety: Seyval blanc
A relative of the Saint Pepin, this direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between 5656 Seibel and Ray d'Or (4986 Seibel) obtained in 1921 by the Seyve-Villard company, formerly based in Saint Vallier (Drôme). Seyval blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It can be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, etc. It is practically non-existent in France and is in danger of disappearing.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Montravel from Château Puy-Servain are 2012, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Château Puy-Servain
The Château Puy-Servain is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Montravel to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Montravel
The wine region of Montravel is located in the region of Guyenne of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Chateau Moulin Caresse or the Château Laulerie produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montravel are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montravel often reveals types of flavors of oaky, leather or pear and sometimes also flavors of lemon, honey or stone.
The wine region of South West
The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.
The word of the wine: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
