Château Bel-AirSaint-Croix-du-Mont
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Saint-Croix-du-Mont of the Château Bel-Air is in the top 10 of wines of Entre-deux-Mers.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Saint-Croix-du-Mont of Château Bel-Air in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Pairings that work perfectly with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Original food and wine pairings with Saint-Croix-du-Mont
The Saint-Croix-du-Mont of Château Bel-Air matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta with tuna and tomato, shrimps with curry and coconut milk or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Château Bel-Air's Saint-Croix-du-Mont.
Discover the grape variety: Glera
It is said to be of Slovenian origin, where it is cultivated under the name of Prosekar, also known for a long time in Italy under the name of Glera. It should not be confused with prosecco lungo - although there is a family link - and prosecco nostrano, which is none other than Tuscany's malvasia. Note that Vitouska - another Italian grape variety - is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Tuscan malvasia and Prosecco. Under the name of Glera, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can be found in practically all of the former Yugoslavia, and more surprisingly in Argentina, but is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Saint-Croix-du-Mont from Château Bel-Air are 2012, 2011, 2013
Informations about the Château Bel-Air
The Château Bel-Air is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Entre-deux-Mers to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Entre-deux-Mers
Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine-growing sub-region of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Its name literally translates as "between two seas", although the seas in question are actually rivers - the Garonne and the Dordogne, which form the southern and northern boundaries of the region respectively. The Entre-deux-Mers is home to a variety of appellations, producing wines in styles ranging from the Sweet botrytised whites of Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont - all close to the northeast bank of the Garonne - to the Dry table wines of Sainte-Foy and Graves de Vayres, closer to the Dordogne. The region stretching along the Garonne from the group of sweet white wine appellations to the area east of the city of Bordeaux is the red wine appellation Côtes de Bordeaux - until 2009 called Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a title now reserved for sweet whites.
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: Traditional method
Also known as the Champagne method, this is the elaboration of sparkling wines according to the second fermentation method in the bottle.
