Château Guilhem de ReySauternes
White 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 Château Guilhem de Rey matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or rabbit casserole with blue cheese and dried fruit.
Details and technical informations about Château Guilhem de Rey's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Neyret
Structured, colourful reds with a deep ruby hue, firm tannins and a dense palate with fresh acidity; signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, morello), dark fruits (blackberry), spices and alpine mineral notes. Characterful high-altitude profile. Preserved for its heritage value, producing artisan high-altitude cuvées in the Aosta Valley. Native Italian black grape of the Aosta Valley, grown in tiny quantities.
Informations about the Château Guilhem de Rey
The Château Guilhem de Rey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 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: Noble rot
A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
