Winery Lucien LurtonGaronnelles Sauternes
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Taste structure of the Garonnelles Sauternes from the Winery Lucien Lurton
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Garonnelles Sauternes of Winery Lucien Lurton in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Garonnelles Sauternes of Winery Lucien Lurton in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, caramel or cheese and sometimes also flavors of orange, honey or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Garonnelles Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Garonnelles Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Garonnelles Sauternes
The Garonnelles Sauternes of Winery Lucien Lurton matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or roquefort and smoked trout salted log.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lucien Lurton's Garonnelles Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Reichensteiner
Intraspecific crossing between the müller-thurgau and a variety resulting from the crossing (madeleine angevine x calabre blanc) obtained in Germany in 1939 by Heinrich Birk (1898-1973). It can be found in France (Alsace, etc.), Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, New Zealand, etc.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Garonnelles Sauternes from Winery Lucien Lurton are 2009, 2016, 2014, 2013 and 2007.
Informations about the Winery Lucien Lurton
The Winery Lucien Lurton is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 32 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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: Ampélographie
Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.
