Château du Grand CarreteySauternes
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.
The Sauternes of the Château du Grand Carretey is in the top 90 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Sauternes from the Château du Grand Carretey
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sauternes of Château du Grand Carretey in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sauternes of Château du Grand Carretey in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cream, apricot or orange and sometimes also flavors of honey, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Château du Grand Carretey matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis or onion-walnut-blueberry pie with vanilla.
Details and technical informations about Château du Grand Carretey's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Plant de Brunel
The Plant de Brunel noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Ardèche). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. The Plant de Brunel noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes from Château du Grand Carretey are 2008, 2010, 2009, 2012 and 2013.
Informations about the Château du Grand Carretey
The Château du Grand Carretey 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
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.
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