Château Sigalas RabaudLieutenant de Sigalas 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.
The Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes of the Château Sigalas Rabaud is in the top 90 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes from the Château Sigalas Rabaud
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes of Château Sigalas Rabaud 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 Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes of Château Sigalas Rabaud in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of smoke, apples or peach.
Food and wine pairings with Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes
The Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes of Château Sigalas Rabaud matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or turkey stir-fry with blue cheese.
Details and technical informations about Château Sigalas Rabaud's Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Bronner
An interspecific cross between merzling and rondo obtained in 1975 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. However, the I.N.R.A. Bordeaux Sciences Agro has since noted a loss of efficiency on mildew due to a bypass. It can be found in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, England, etc. It is not very widespread today and is almost unknown in France. It should not be confused with another variety of the same name, which comes from a Pinot Blanc seedling, also obtained in Germany by Johann Philipp Bronner.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Lieutenant de Sigalas Sauternes from Château Sigalas Rabaud are 2016, 2005, 2015, 2010 and 2009.
Informations about the Château Sigalas Rabaud
The Château Sigalas Rabaud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 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: Reserve wine (champagne)
Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.
