Winery Grafé LecocqHaut Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Haut Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Haut Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Haut Sauternes
The Haut Sauternes of Winery Grafé Lecocq matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or rabbit with roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Grafé Lecocq's Haut Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Xarello
Most certainly Spanish, it is practically unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A2.
Informations about the Winery Grafé Lecocq
The Winery Grafé Lecocq is one of wineries to follow in Sauternes.. It offers 317 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: Varietal
Said of wine aromas that are reminiscent of fresh grapes. The most demonstrative example is certainly that of wines made from the Muscat grape variety.
