Château Saint-ChristopheMonbazillac
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Monbazillac of the Château Saint-Christophe is in the top 5 of wines of Monbazillac.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Monbazillac of Château Saint-Christophe in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of honey, melon or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Monbazillac
Pairings that work perfectly with Monbazillac
Original food and wine pairings with Monbazillac
The Monbazillac of Château Saint-Christophe matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of half-cooked bluefin tuna, natural breton lobster or tarte tatin.
Details and technical informations about Château Saint-Christophe's Monbazillac.
Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle
Aromatic, fruity whites with a tender palate, with intense aromas of muscat, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and floral notes (no genetic link to the muscat family). Minor component in the great botrytised dessert wines of Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons and Monbazillac, adding perfume and freshness. Also dry in Entre-Deux-Mers. Made as sumptuous fortified wines in Australia (Rutherglen Topaque). French variety from Bordeaux and the South-West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Monbazillac from Château Saint-Christophe are 2014, 2010, 2018, 2013 and 2015.
Informations about the Château Saint-Christophe
The Château Saint-Christophe is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Monbazillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monbazillac
World's largest sweet AOC south of Bergerac (South-West): signature Sémillon as king white with Sauvignon and Muscadelle — medium-sweet to botrytized sweet wines with opulent notes of honey, candied apricot, quince, pineapple, mango, beeswax, saffron and a touch of spice, unctuousness balanced by fine acidity. Successive picking of noble grapes mandatory. AOC (1936), ~2,320 ha on clay-limestone slopes, morning mists favoring Botrytis cinerea, 10-50 year aging.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: VDN
Natural sweet wine. Wine obtained by mutage of the must during fermentation by adding over-finished alcohol at 96 °, produced in the vineyards of Roussillon, Languedoc, Rhone Valley and Corsica.
