Château MargerotsBordeaux Sec
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sec
Pairings that work perfectly with Bordeaux Sec
Original food and wine pairings with Bordeaux Sec
The Bordeaux Sec of Château Margerots matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pumpkin and bacon pie, cream and tuna quiche or basque chicken with chorizo.
Details and technical informations about Château Margerots's Bordeaux Sec.
Discover the grape variety: Madeleine-Sylvaner
Of unknown origin, it is nevertheless a very old vitis vinifera cultivated and used as both a table grape and a wine grape. It is somewhat similar to the Madeleine angevine and is not related to the Sylvaner. It can be found in the United States, England, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Informations about the Château Margerots
The Château Margerots is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Bordeaux Sec to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bordeaux Sec
All Dry white wines produced in Gironde can claim the regional appellation Bordeaux sec. The 1977 decree specifies that white wines with an Alcohol content of between 10 and 13° and a sugar content of less than 4g/l must be labelled as dry Bordeaux. The Bordeaux dry wine area covers 6,500 hectares and produces an average of 383,000 hl of wine per year. Its soils are clay-limestone, clay-siliceous, made up of gravel, sand and silt.
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: Carbonic maceration
Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.
