Chateau PechonSauternes
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 Sauternes from the Chateau Pechon
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sauternes of Chateau Pechon 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 Sauternes of Chateau Pechon in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of peach, apricot or orange and sometimes also flavors of honey, dried apricot or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Chateau Pechon matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis or autumn salad with roquefort sauce.
Details and technical informations about Chateau Pechon's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Négret Canourgue
Originating very certainly from the high valley of the Tarn aveyronnaise and lozérienne. It was confused for a long time with Abouriou, and as a result it still exchanges, wrongly, a few synonyms. It is very little multiplied, almost unknown in the other French wine regions.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes from Chateau Pechon are 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011
Informations about the Chateau Pechon
The Chateau Pechon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 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: Pineau de la Loire
See chenin blanc.
