Château SuauBarsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Sweet wine
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.
The Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of the Château Suau is in the top 70 of wines of Barsac.
Taste structure of the Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) from the Château Suau
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Suau 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 Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Suau in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of peach, apricot or stone and sometimes also flavors of orange, honey or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Pairings that work perfectly with Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Original food and wine pairings with Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
The Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Suau matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or beetroot and courgette mille-feuilles with roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Château Suau's Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé).
Discover the grape variety: Chaouch
Simple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden colour, supple palate with moderate acidity, undemonstrative aromas of citrus and white flowers. Drink young. Now rare, survives as a table grape in amateur gardens and varietal collections in central Europe, testament to the historic spread of Levantine varieties across the eastern Mediterranean and Balkans. Historic white variety, probably originating in Turkey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Barsac-Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) from Château Suau are 2008, 2003, 2001, 2014 and 2002.
Informations about the Château Suau
The Château Suau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Barsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barsac
Bordeaux AOC of the Sauternais (left bank, unique Ciron-Garonne microclimate, gravelly or clay-limestone soils; may be labelled Barsac or Sauternes). Sémillon dominates the sweet whites (thick skins ideal for botrytis), complemented by Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris. Signature profile: ripe fruits (apricot, peach), honey, acacia; rich, unctuous, powerful palate with 50+ botrytis aromas. Decades-long aging potential; harvested in successive tries.
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: Full-bodied
A rich, concentrated wine that offers consistency in the mouth.
