Château Mayne RicaudSauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Château Mayne Ricaud matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis or pear and gorgonzola tart.
Details and technical informations about Château Mayne Ricaud's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Saint Laurent
Structured and elegant reds with a deep ruby colour, fine tannins and an ample palate with preserved acidity, featuring signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, morello cherry), sweet spices and floral notes, a profile often compared to Pinot Noir. Also in age-worthy versions. Star of the great reds from Austrian Burgenland (Sankt Laurent). Autochthonous Austrian black grape, genetically related to Pinot Noir, grown in Austria and the Czech Republic.
Informations about the Château Mayne Ricaud
The Château Mayne Ricaud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 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: Cryo-extraction
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
