Winery GinestetSauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Winery Ginestet matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis or pear and roquefort cheese on toast.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ginestet's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Piquepoul noir
Supple, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, soft tannins and a taut palate with pronounced acidity, showing aromas of red fruits (cherry, redcurrant), gentle spices and garrigue notes. Fresh, lively southern profile. A traditional component of Languedoc blends and one of 13 permitted varieties in Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC. Black-skinned variant of Picpoul, once more widespread in southern France.
Informations about the Winery Ginestet
The Winery Ginestet is one of wineries to follow in Sauternes.. It offers 235 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sauternes
Iconic Bordeaux AOC for noble sweet wines, left bank of the Garonne. Golden whites with signature notes of honey, candied apricot, exotic fruit, orange peel, saffron and a finish tightened by chiselled acidity, opulent yet nervy palate — a great age-worthy wine of emotion. Botrytised Semillon dominates (Ciron 'noble rot') concentrating sugars, Sauvignon Blanc adds vivacity, Muscadelle perfume. ~1,416 ha across 5 villages.
The wine region of Bordeaux
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
The word of the wine: Smell
A generic term for both unpleasant and pleasant odours known as perfumes. In the world of tasting, the term aroma is more commonly used.
