Winery Robert ChartonSauternes
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 Winery Robert Charton matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or minced meat ravioli with italian cheese emulsion.
Details and technical informations about Winery Robert Charton's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Tressot
Light, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, soft tannins and a supple palate, showing signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), gentle spices and floral notes. Airy, northern profile to drink young. Preserved for its heritage value, it survives in a few patrimonial plots in Burgundy among the ancient varieties of northern Burgundy under study. Native black variety from Burgundy and the Yonne, today rare.
Informations about the Winery Robert Charton
The Winery Robert Charton is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 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: Rosé de saignée
A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.
