Château GiletteSauternes (Crème de Tête)
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Muscadelle, the Sauvignon and the Sémillon.
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 (Crème de Tête) of the Château Gilette is in the top 5 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Sauternes (Crème de Tête) from the Château Gilette
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sauternes (Crème de Tête) of Château Gilette 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 (Crème de Tête) of Château Gilette in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cream, peach or butter and sometimes also flavors of apricot, caramel or raisin.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Crème de Tête)
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes (Crème de Tête)
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Crème de Tête)
The Sauternes (Crème de Tête) of Château Gilette matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or blue cheese and zucchini quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château Gilette's Sauternes (Crème de Tête).
Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle
Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes (Crème de Tête) from Château Gilette are 1997, 1937, 1979, 1971 and 1955.
Informations about the Château Gilette
The Château Gilette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 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: Arching
A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.
