Winery Honoré l'EmpereurSauternes
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Winery Honoré l'Empereur matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis or gratin in pink and blue.
Details and technical informations about Winery Honoré l'Empereur's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Corvina Veronese
Elegant, structured reds with a deep ruby robe, fine tannins and fresh acidity of signature cherry (morello, maraschino), red fruits, spices, herbs, almond and characteristic bitter notes. Also sublime in great age-worthy wines via passerillage (dried grapes). Pillar of Valpolicella DOC, Bardolino DOC, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Recioto. Main synonym of corvina veronese, identity signature of the Valpolicella.
Informations about the Winery Honoré l'Empereur
The Winery Honoré l'Empereur 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: Grey (wine)
Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.
