Winery SonberkSauvignon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sauvignon of Winery Sonberk in the region of Morava often reveals types of flavors of earth.
Food and wine pairings with Sauvignon
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauvignon
Original food and wine pairings with Sauvignon
The Sauvignon of Winery Sonberk matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of raw salmon marinade with vinegars, chinese noodles with shrimp or cream and tuna quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Sonberk's Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauvignon from Winery Sonberk are 2012, 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Sonberk
The Winery Sonberk is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Mikulovska to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mikulovska
The wine region of Mikulovska is located in the region of Morava of Czech Republic. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vinařství Volařík or the Domaine Vinařství Volařík produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mikulovska are Riesling, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mikulovska often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, apples or floral and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, oak or vanilla.
The wine region of Morava
Moravia, with roughly 95 percent of the nation's Vine plantings, is the engine room of the Czech Republic's wine industry. The Center of intensively farmed bulk-wine production is also showing great promise as a producer of quality white wines. This is largely thanks to its cool Climate, comparable in many ways to that in Nahe or Pfalz, the white-wine specialists a few hundred miles west in Germany. Moravian winelands enjoy a Vineyard year well suited to the production of Complex aromatics with good Acidity.
The word of the wine: Heart-to-heart
Small stem from a quick bud that is removed during thinning.
