Winery CruseFontenoy Sauvignon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Fontenoy Sauvignon
Pairings that work perfectly with Fontenoy Sauvignon
Original food and wine pairings with Fontenoy Sauvignon
The Fontenoy Sauvignon of Winery Cruse matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chinese noodles with vegetables and spices, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or spinach and hard-boiled eggs with béchamel sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cruse's Fontenoy Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Couderc 4401
An interspecific cross made in 1884 by Georges Couderc (1850-1928) between chasselas rose and rupestris. This direct-producing hybrid was multiplied much more in the south-west of France and in the Loire Valley, and in some cases was even used as rootstock. François Baco (1865-1947) and Vincent Malègue (1830-1915) also used it as a progenitor. - Synonymy: red bird, tank, Terray hybrid, malafosse, oazo rukh, sakhotin (for all the grape variety synonyms, click here!). - Description: small to medium-sized bunches, cylindrical-conical, winged, more or less compact, sometimes with small green berries, medium-sized stalks remaining green when ripe; small, spherical berries, beautiful bluish-black skin, very pruinose, pulpy, with coloured juice.
Informations about the Winery Cruse
The Winery Cruse is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 89 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Pulp
Fleshy and juicy part of the grape berry, it contains sugars, organic acids and various nitrogenous and mineral compounds.
