Château RaspideCuvée Péchon Sauternes
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.
Taste structure of the Cuvée Péchon Sauternes from the Château Raspide
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cuvée Péchon Sauternes of Château Raspide 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 Cuvée Péchon Sauternes of Château Raspide in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, apples or honey and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Péchon Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Péchon Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Péchon Sauternes
The Cuvée Péchon Sauternes of Château Raspide matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or blue cheese and zucchini quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château Raspide's Cuvée Péchon Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Crouchen
Crouchen blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). 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 small to medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. Crouchen blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Péchon Sauternes from Château Raspide are 2010, 2011, 2007
Informations about the Château Raspide
The Château Raspide 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.
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: Véraison
A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.
