Château Haut-BergeyL'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc
The L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc of Château Haut-Bergey matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pumpkin and tuna gratin, rice with seafood or homemade cookies.
Details and technical informations about Château Haut-Bergey's L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Cornichon blanc
Table grape with elongated gherkin-shaped berries, thin skin and crunchy flesh with a pleasant sweet flavour. Very rarely vinified. Now marginal, it survives in a few amateur gardens and ampelographic collections. A witness to French ampelographic heritage, it is among the ancient varieties studied for their historical interest and characteristic shape. French white table grape variety, formerly grown for fresh consumption and preservation.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of L'Etoile de Bergey Pessac-Léognan Blanc from Château Haut-Bergey are 2002, 2008, 2000, 2001 and 2009.
Informations about the Château Haut-Bergey
The Château Haut-Bergey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Pessac-Léognan to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pessac-Léognan
Historic cradle of great Bordeaux wines south of the city: Cabernet Sauvignon signature king red with Merlot — deep robe with notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco, graphite, smoke and signature mineral 'stone taste' touch, fine tannins and long elegant finish. Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon in racy dry whites (citrus, flowers, honey, wax) among the world's greatest. AOC (1987), Quaternary gravels, 16 Classified Growths (Haut-Brion leading), 10-30 year ageing.
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: Tasting
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