The Château Saint-Amand of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château Saint-Amand
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 89 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Saint-Amand is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Saint-Amand wines

Looking for the best Château Saint-Amand wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Saint-Amand wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Saint-Amand wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Château Saint-Amand

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Saint-Amand

How Château Saint-Amand wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis or 3 cheese ravioli gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Saint-Amand

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Saint-Amand. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or dried apricot and sometimes also flavors of caramel, tropical fruit or marmalade. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Saint-Amand. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Saint-Amand

  • 1997With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Saint-Amand.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering 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.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top red wines of Château Saint-Amand

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Saint-Amand

How Château Saint-Amand wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of family potluck, deer stew or pheasant in a casserole with white wine.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Saint-Amand.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Saint-Amand

Planning a wine route in the of Sauternes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Saint-Amand.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Saint-Amand and wines from the region

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

In this first episode of a series dedicated to Chablis wines on @The Wine Show @Home, wine expert and TV host Joe Fattorini introduces the vineyards and the wines of Chablis through a tasting of three wines: a Petit Chablis, a Chablis and a Chablis Premier Cru. #PureChablis #BourgogneWines #Chablis ...

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