Château LoubensSaint-Croix-du-Mont
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Saint-Croix-du-Mont of Château Loubens in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Pairings that work perfectly with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Original food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
The Saint-Croix-du-Mont of Château Loubens matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of quebec style barbecued salmon, pasta shells or traditional pastry flan.
Details and technical informations about Château Loubens's Saint-Croix-du-Mont.
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
The best vintages of Saint-Croix-du-Mont from Château Loubens are 1989, 1985, 1990, 1997 and 2009.
Informations about the Château Loubens
The Château Loubens is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Saint-Croix-du-Mont to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Croix-du-Mont
The wine region of Saint-Croix-du-Mont is located in the region of Entre-deux-Mers of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Loubens or the Château du Mont produce mainly wines sweet, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Croix-du-Mont are Muscadelle, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Croix-du-Mont often reveals types of flavors of raisin, mango or tropical and sometimes also flavors of orange peel, passion fruit or melon.
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.
The word of the wine: Casting
Preparatory phase of the wine-making process consisting in bursting the grapes in order to release the juice.
