Winery Lucien LurtonSauternes
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 Sauternes from the Winery Lucien Lurton
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the 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 Sauternes of Winery Lucien Lurton in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of apples, peach or stone and sometimes also flavors of honey, dried apricot or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Winery Lucien Lurton matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of the coughing cat's apple crumble or potato soufflé with auvergne blue cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lucien Lurton's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Verjus
A very high-acid variety grown not for wine but for verjuice production — the tart unripe grape juice used in traditional cooking to acidify sauces and meats. Now virtually extinct, it bears witness to French gastronomic and viticultural heritage and is preserved in varietal collections for its historical interest. A historic French white grape specific to medieval verjuice.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauternes from Winery Lucien Lurton are 2010
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
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: OIV
International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Intergovernmental organization studying the technical, scientific or economic questions raised by the culture of the vine and the production of wine.
