Winery CruseHaut Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Haut Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Haut Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Haut Sauternes
The Haut Sauternes of Winery Cruse matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or gratin of ravioli, blue cheese and mushrooms.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cruse's Haut Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Pougnet
Most certainly from the Ardèche, today this variety has practically disappeared from the vineyard. It used to be widespread in the Vivarais region, in the Aubenas and Largentière areas.
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 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: Maceration
Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.
