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The village of Sauternes. Like most of the Bordeaux wine region, the Sauternes region has a maritime climate, which brings the viticultural hazards of autumn frost, hail and rains that can ruin an entire vintage. The Sauternes region is located 40 km (25 mi) southeast of the city of Bordeaux along the Garonne river and its tributary, the Ciron. [1]
A pairing of vin jaune with walnuts and Comté cheese. Wine and food matching is the process of pairing food dishes with wine to enhance the dining experience. In many cultures, wine has had a long history of being a staple at the dinner table and in some ways both the winemaking and culinary traditions of a region will have evolved together over the years.
Château Coutet is a Premier Cru Classé (French: First Growth) sweet wine from the Sauternes-Barsac appellation located in Barsac, in the southern part of France's Bordeaux vineyards. Château Coutet is one of the oldest Sauternes producing vineyards, and is described by David Peppercorn as a "twin" of Barsac's other Premier cru estate ...
A bottle of 1945 d'Yquem showing the color change that this white wine goes through as it ages. The vineyard has 126 hectares (310 acres) in the Sauternes appellation, though only 100 hectares (250 acres) are in production at any time. Each year, vines from two to three hectares are grubbed up and left fallow for a year.
In France, Sauvignon blanc is grown in the maritime climate of Bordeaux (especially in Entre-Deux-Mers, Graves and Pessac-Léognan as a dry wine, and in Sauternes as a sweet wine) as well as the continental climate of the Loire Valley (as Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre, and Sauvignon de Touraine). The climates of these areas are particularly favorable ...
Sauternes (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Sautèrnas) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is also a wine region within the Graves portion of Bordeaux that produces sweet white dessert wines , named " Sauternes " after the commune, as well as some dry white wine .
David Peppercorn describes Raymond-Lafon as up to cru classé standards, [6] while Tom Stevenson directs critical commentary at the estate in The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia in 2005, contending that Raymond-Lafon was "performing at only deuxième cru level and consequently overrated and overpriced", and, "a nice Sauternes, but not worth three ...
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a Premier Cru Classé (French, “First Growth”) Sauternes wine from the Sauternes appellation. The winery is located in the southern part of France's Bordeaux wine region in the district of Graves in the commune of Bommes , and its château is situated on a hill top facing Sauternes' highest classed vineyard ...
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