Winery Edmond CosteClos des Princes Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Clos des Princes Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos des Princes Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Clos des Princes Sauternes
The Clos des Princes Sauternes of Winery Edmond Coste matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or cobb salad (american recipe).
Details and technical informations about Winery Edmond Coste's Clos des Princes Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Sultanine
Most certainly finding its first origins in Persia, today Iran. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1. Note that the variety gora chirine, also finding its first origins in Iran (Azerbaijan), is a mutation of the Sultanine, its berries of white or pink color being slightly larger.
Informations about the Winery Edmond Coste
The Winery Edmond Coste is one of wineries to follow in Sauternes.. It offers 23 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: Fleshy
Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.
