Château La Roche PradatsBordeaux Superieur
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Superieur
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Superieur
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Superieur
The Bordeaux Superieur of Château La Roche Pradats matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, provencal veal tendrons or rabbit socks in gibelotte.
Details and technical informations about Château La Roche Pradats's Bordeaux Superieur.
Discover the grape variety: Admirable
Table grape with long bunches and juicy, crunchy golden berries with firm flesh and a pleasant sweet taste. Very rarely vinified, yielding simple, fresh, low-aromatic whites if so. Listed in the official French Vine Variety Catalogue (list A1) for its heritage interest. French table grape variety from a Bicane × Chasselas cross, obtained around 1840 in Saumur by Dr Auguste Courtiller (Admirable de Courtiller).
Informations about the Château La Roche Pradats
The Château La Roche Pradats is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Supérieur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Supérieur
Quality expression of generic Bordeaux: more concentrated, structured reds suited to 3-7 years' ageing, dominated by round Merlot (plum, black fruits), with firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar), Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for the tannic frame. Stricter rules: higher planting density, limited yields, higher alcohol, longer ageing (often 12 months). Across the whole Gironde. Affordable yet serious Bordeaux, perfect at the table.
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: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
