Winery RarecatGrande Cuvée Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grande Cuvée Brut of Winery Rarecat in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Grande Cuvée Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Cuvée Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Cuvée Brut
The Grande Cuvée Brut of Winery Rarecat matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of steamed salmon marinated in herbs, shrimp and chorizo risotto or yoghurt cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rarecat's Grande Cuvée Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder
German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grande Cuvée Brut from Winery Rarecat are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Rarecat
The Winery Rarecat is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Crémant de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant de Bordeaux
Crémant de Bordeaux is the regional appellation for traditional method white and rosé Sparkling wines from the Bordeaux wine region in southwest France. Sparkling wine production in Bordeaux is far from prolific and has slowly declined in response to the obvious success of still wines in the region. Sparkling wines have been produced in Bordeaux for more than 100 years, but the appellation was not formalized until April 1990. Even today, the specific style of Crémant de Bordeaux wines is not as Clear as that of other French Crémant appellations, such as Crémant de Loire, Crémant de Bourgogne and Crémant d'Alsace.
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: Destemming
Operation consisting in eliminating the vegetal part of the bunch supporting the berries, its maceration with the must giving a herbaceous taste to the wine.
