The Château le Lys of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château le Lys
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 701 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château le Lys is one of the best wineries to follow in Sauternes.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Lys wines

Looking for the best Château le Lys wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château le Lys wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château le Lys wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Château le Lys

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château le Lys

How Château le Lys wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of penne with smoked salmon and crème fraiche, sauerkraut of the sea in casserole or meringue for dummies.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château le Lys

  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château le Lys.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering 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.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top other wines of Château le Lys

Food and wine pairings with a other wine of Château le Lys

How Château le Lys wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top sweet wines of Château le Lys

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château le Lys

How Château le Lys wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or papillotes of filet mignon with roquefort cheese.

The word of the wine: Mistelle

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château le Lys

Planning a wine route in the of Sauternes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château le Lys.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château le Lys and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Mistelle

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.