Winery FauchonRéserve Sauternes
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Taste structure of the Réserve Sauternes from the Winery Fauchon
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Réserve Sauternes of Winery Fauchon in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Sauternes
The Réserve Sauternes of Winery Fauchon matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or roquefort cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fauchon's Réserve Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Dorsa
Intraspecific cross between the limberger and the dornfelder made in 1971 by Bernard Hill of the Weinsberg Research Institute in Germany. It can be found in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States. Note that Cabernet Dorio has the same parents.
Informations about the Winery Fauchon
The Winery Fauchon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 33 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: Decanting
Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
