Winery ClarendelleAmberwine
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Muscadelle and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Amberwine of Winery Clarendelle in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of peach, apricot or honeysuckle.
Food and wine pairings with Amberwine
Pairings that work perfectly with Amberwine
Original food and wine pairings with Amberwine
The Amberwine of Winery Clarendelle matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, mouse of lamb with thyme or beef tagine with vegetables.
Details and technical informations about Winery Clarendelle's Amberwine.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet-Sauvignon which means that it is also well planted further north, as far as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Amberwine from Winery Clarendelle are 2015, 2012, 2003
Informations about the Winery Clarendelle
The Winery Clarendelle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 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: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
