Château RoumieuLa Légende 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 La Légende Sauternes from the Château Roumieu
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the La Légende Sauternes of Château Roumieu in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Food and wine pairings with La Légende Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with La Légende Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with La Légende Sauternes
The La Légende Sauternes of Château Roumieu matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or 4 cheese tart.
Details and technical informations about Château Roumieu's La Légende Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Floreal
A wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified), resulting from an interspecific cross between Villaris and Mtp 3159-2-12 (for the latter, one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.). Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Légende Sauternes from Château Roumieu are 2013, 2009, 2011
Informations about the Château Roumieu
The Château Roumieu 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: Dismantling
After devatting, the pomace is removed from the tank. If this operation is carried out manually, it is important to ventilate the vat well to avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of carbon dioxide.
