Winery GastonRéserve Charpentier Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Charpentier Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Charpentier Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Charpentier Sauternes
The Réserve Charpentier Sauternes of Winery Gaston matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or gnocchi with bacon and roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gaston's Réserve Charpentier Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Fleurtai
Interspecific cross between Sauvignonasse and Kozma 20-3 obtained in 2002 at the University and Institute of Applied Genetics of Udine (Italy), which is also the case for Soreli.
Informations about the Winery Gaston
The Winery Gaston is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 33 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: Green
Said of a wine that is too acidic or marked by unpleasant vegetal tastes.
