Château Le FagéCuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac of the Château Le Fagé is in the top 10 of wines of Monbazillac.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac of Château Le Fagé in the region of South West often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac
The Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac of Château Le Fagé matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of fish pot, penne with shrimp and zucchini or homemade cookies.
Details and technical informations about Château Le Fagé's Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Grande Réserve Monbazillac from Château Le Fagé are 2011, 2012, 2009, 2015
Informations about the Château Le Fagé
The Château Le Fagé is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Monbazillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monbazillac
World's largest sweet AOC south of Bergerac (South-West): signature Sémillon as king white with Sauvignon and Muscadelle — medium-sweet to botrytized sweet wines with opulent notes of honey, candied apricot, quince, pineapple, mango, beeswax, saffron and a touch of spice, unctuousness balanced by fine acidity. Successive picking of noble grapes mandatory. AOC (1936), ~2,320 ha on clay-limestone slopes, morning mists favoring Botrytis cinerea, 10-50 year aging.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Left bank
In Bordeaux, refers to the vineyards located on the left bank of the Gironde, where the dominant grape variety is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are the Medoc, Haut-Médoc, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, etc. appellations.
