Clos LeSauternes
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Clos Le matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or broccoli, goat cheese and roquefort quiche.
Discover the grape variety: Sweet Sapphire
Intra-specific cross between Beitamouni and C22-121 obtained in 2004 by David Cain at the I.F.G. of Bakersfield in California (United States). Its cultivation started in 2007. It is already known in the United States, Brazil, Australia, South Africa ... almost unknown in France. It should be noted that this variety is very much in demand in China, where it represents an important market.
Informations about the Clos Le
The Clos Le 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: Length
Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.
