Winery Les CombellesBordeaux Moelleux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Moelleux
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Moelleux
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Moelleux
The Bordeaux Moelleux of Winery Les Combelles matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sun burger, cataplana with seafood or very simple muffins.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Combelles's Bordeaux Moelleux.
Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle
Aromatic, fruity whites with a tender palate, with intense aromas of muscat, white flowers, honey, candied citrus and floral notes (no genetic link to the muscat family). Minor component in the great botrytised dessert wines of Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons and Monbazillac, adding perfume and freshness. Also dry in Entre-Deux-Mers. Made as sumptuous fortified wines in Australia (Rutherglen Topaque). French variety from Bordeaux and the South-West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bordeaux Moelleux from Winery Les Combelles are 2013, 2014, 2015
Informations about the Winery Les Combelles
The Winery Les Combelles is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Moelleux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Moelleux
Emblematic style of Bordeaux off-dry whites (10-50 g sugar/L), produced across the entire AOC area from over-ripened grapes (botrytised or passerillé). Signature Sémillon dominant: golden, round whites with signature notes of honey, apricot, candied fruits, citrus, vanilla and a quince touch, unctuous, fresh palate. Sauvignon Blanc brings taut acidity, Muscadelle the floral aromatic. Accessible, gastronomic style, affordable alternative to Sauternes.
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: Provignage
A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.
