Chateau Bel-Air Contigu YquemSauternes
Red 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 Chateau Bel-Air Contigu Yquem matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or escalopines of turkey in brouillade.
Details and technical informations about Chateau Bel-Air Contigu Yquem's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Corbeau
Structured and fresh reds with a deep purple hue, firm tannins and an ample palate with preserved acidity, featuring signature aromas of red fruits (cherry), spices and fresh alpine notes. Moderate ageing potential. Grown in small quantities in Savoy and the Aosta Valley, it contributes to the AOC Vin de Savoie and crafts artisanal altitude cuvées. Autochthonous black Savoyard grape (also called Charbonneau), identical to the Douce Noire of the Aosta Valley.
Informations about the Chateau Bel-Air Contigu Yquem
The Chateau Bel-Air Contigu Yquem is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 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: Turbidity
The state of a cloudy wine, due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.
