Château MenotaChateau Menate 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.
The Chateau Menate Sauternes of the Château Menota is in the top 80 of wines of Sauternes.
Taste structure of the Chateau Menate Sauternes from the Château Menota
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Chateau Menate Sauternes of Château Menota 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 Chateau Menate Sauternes of Château Menota in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Chateau Menate Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Chateau Menate Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Chateau Menate Sauternes
The Chateau Menate Sauternes of Château Menota matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple pie or pasta with 4 cheese sauce.
Details and technical informations about Château Menota's Chateau Menate Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Voltis
Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified), resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2002, between Villaris and Mtp 3159-2-12 (for the latter, one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.). Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Chateau Menate Sauternes from Château Menota are 2016, 2015, 2008, 2014 and 2013.
Informations about the Château Menota
The Château Menota is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 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: Liqueur wine
Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.
