Domaine de la CroixMonbazillac
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Monbazillac
Pairings that work perfectly with Monbazillac
Original food and wine pairings with Monbazillac
The Monbazillac of Domaine de la Croix matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sushi cake, mussels with rosemary and barbecue or very simple muffins.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Croix's Monbazillac.
Discover the grape variety: Calabre blanc
Aromatic dry and semi-dry whites with a pale golden colour, a supple palate with moderate acidity, and characteristic muscat aromas (fresh grape, flowers) with Mediterranean notes. Simple profile. Nearly extinct in commercial cultivation, preserved in varietal collections; witnesses the historical spread of Italian varieties across central and eastern Europe. Historic Italian white variety, once grown in central and southern Italy and eastern Europe.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Monbazillac from Domaine de la Croix are 2017, 2016, 2018
Informations about the Domaine de la Croix
The Domaine de la Croix is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Monbazillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monbazillac
World's largest sweet AOC south of Bergerac (South-West): signature Sémillon as king white with Sauvignon and Muscadelle — medium-sweet to botrytized sweet wines with opulent notes of honey, candied apricot, quince, pineapple, mango, beeswax, saffron and a touch of spice, unctuousness balanced by fine acidity. Successive picking of noble grapes mandatory. AOC (1936), ~2,320 ha on clay-limestone slopes, morning mists favoring Botrytis cinerea, 10-50 year aging.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Pinot meunier
Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.
