Château Simon - Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes

Château SimonCuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes of Château Simon is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
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 Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes of the Château Simon is in the top 10 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes from the Château Simon

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes of Château Simon in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey

On the nose the Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes of Château Simon in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes

The Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes of Château Simon matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or turkey cutlets milanaise with roquefort sauce.

Details and technical informations about Château Simon's Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes - 2010
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes - 2009
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Cuvée Exceptionnelle Sauternes from Château Simon are 2010, 2009

Informations about the Château Simon

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Simon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 20000 of of France wines
In the top 20 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 2000 of sweet wines
In the top 75000 wines of the world

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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