Winery Les Celliers de CanteraneChâteau Grand Mayne Sauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Château Grand Mayne Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Château Grand Mayne Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Château Grand Mayne Sauternes
The Château Grand Mayne Sauternes of Winery Les Celliers de Canterane matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or pears in syrup and roquefort pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Celliers de Canterane's Château Grand Mayne Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Tannat
Powerful, tannic reds with inky colour and dense texture, with aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, black plum, leather, liquorice and smoky notes. Very high ageing potential and polyphenol content (health reputation). Star of Madiran AOC in Béarn and the national grape of Uruguay (Canelones, Maldonado). Also grown in Irouléguy and Tursan. Late-ripening red variety from south-west France.
Informations about the Winery Les Celliers de Canterane
The Winery Les Celliers de Canterane is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 38 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: Gravelle
Term designating the deposit of tartar crystals in bottled white wines.
