Château du FresneCépage Sauvignon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Cépage Sauvignon of the Château du Fresne is in the top 10 of wines of Vin de Pays.
Food and wine pairings with Cépage Sauvignon
Pairings that work perfectly with Cépage Sauvignon
Original food and wine pairings with Cépage Sauvignon
The Cépage Sauvignon of Château du Fresne matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tahitian style raw fish, linguine with squid ink and cockles or magic cake cheese quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château du Fresne's Cépage Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Picolit noir
A very old grape variety, which almost disappeared, cultivated for a very long time in the north-east of Italy, more precisely in the region of Friuli bordering with Aurelia and Slovenia. It can be found in Italy, but also in Spain, ... in France it is completely unknown. Note that it is not related to the white picolit.
Informations about the Château du Fresne
The Château du Fresne is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin de Pays
Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Old vines
There are no specific regulations governing the term "vieilles vignes". After 20 to 25 years, the yields stabilize and tend to decrease, the vines are deeply rooted, and the grapes that come from them give richer, more concentrated, more sappy wines, expressing with more nuance the characteristics of their terroir. It is possible to find plots of vines that claim to be a century old.
