Winery DestanqueAllegretto Sauternes
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Allegretto Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Allegretto Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Allegretto Sauternes
The Allegretto Sauternes of Winery Destanque matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or escalopines of turkey in brouillade.
Details and technical informations about Winery Destanque's Allegretto Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Merlese
Colourful, simple fruity reds with a deep purple colour, soft tannins and an airy palate with moderate acidity, red and black fruit aromas. Productive. Grown in small quantities in France for IGP wines, contributes to southern blends and belongs to modern intraspective hybrids aimed at accessible table wine production. French black variety obtained by complex crossing.
Informations about the Winery Destanque
The Winery Destanque is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 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: Balthazar
Bottle with a capacity of 12 litres.
