Winery CruseSauternes
Sweet 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 Winery Cruse matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or pear and roquefort pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cruse's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Rkatsiteli
Structured, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden to amber colour depending on vinification, a full palate and preserved acidity, showing signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, white-fleshed fruits, almond and mineral notes. Also the star of Georgian traditional orange wines in qvevri with tannins, dried fruits and walnuts. The hallmark of great traditional Georgian whites. Native Georgian white variety, one of the oldest cultivated in the world (5,000 years).
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
Iconic Bordeaux AOC for noble sweet wines, left bank of the Garonne. Golden whites with signature notes of honey, candied apricot, exotic fruit, orange peel, saffron and a finish tightened by chiselled acidity, opulent yet nervy palate — a great age-worthy wine of emotion. Botrytised Semillon dominates (Ciron 'noble rot') concentrating sugars, Sauvignon Blanc adds vivacity, Muscadelle perfume. ~1,416 ha across 5 villages.
The wine region of Bordeaux
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
The word of the wine: Sulphites
Chemical compounds derived from sulphur (better known in the wine world as SO2) and used by winemakers for their antiseptic, antioxidant and antioxidant properties.
