Château Partarrieu - Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes

Château PartarrieuCuvée Spéciale Sauternes

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes of Château Partarrieu is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
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 Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes from the Château Partarrieu

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes of Château Partarrieu 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 Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes of Château Partarrieu in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes

The Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes of Château Partarrieu matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or turkey cutlets milanaise with roquefort sauce.

Details and technical informations about Château Partarrieu's Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes.

Winemaker
Philippe Mercadier
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Bacchus blanc

Intraspecific crossing between the sylvaner x riesling and the Müller-Thurgau obtained in 1933 in Germany by Peter Morio and Bernhard Husfeld. It can be found in England, Switzerland, Canada, ... in France, it is almost unknown.

Last vintages of this wine

Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes - 2012
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes - 2011
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes - 2008
In the top 100 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Cuvée Spéciale Sauternes from Château Partarrieu are 2011, 2008, 2012

Informations about the Château Partarrieu

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Partarrieu is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 50000 of of France wines
In the top 250 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 5000 of sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Silky

Said of a caressing wine with extremely fine tannins.

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