Château Laville - Sauternes

Château LavilleSauternes

4.3
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sauternes of Château Laville is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Sauternes of the Château Laville is in the top 5 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Sauternes from the Château Laville

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sauternes of Château Laville in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, ginger

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, caramel

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, oil

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, orange blossom

On the nose the Sauternes of Château Laville in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, citrus fruit or orange blossom and sometimes also flavors of mango, dried apricot or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Château Laville's Sauternes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Last vintages of this wine

Sauternes - 2015
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Sauternes - 2013
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes - 2011
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Sauternes - 2009
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Sauternes - 2007
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 411110
Sauternes - 2006
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes - 2005
In the top 5 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Sauternes from Château Laville are 2015, 2011, 2009, 2013 and 2006.

Informations about the Château Laville

The winery offers 22 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Laville is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 650 of of France wines
In the top 3 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 150 of sweet wines
In the top 3500 wines of the world

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.

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