From Nov 11-13, it's Sauternes and Barsac's open house day. Thanks to that, 47 châteaux will open their doors and welcome you. Why hesitate? Let’s go tomorrow visit the most reputed 'vin liquoreux' producing place!!
Before you discover the Sauternes, you might want to catch up some basic information.
-Sauternes
Sauternes is a AOC in bordeaux (Click me if u don't know AOC), in this terroir, we find mostly the famous sweet white wine under sauternes appellation.
-Why is Sauternes so unique and precious?
In sauternes, the geographic situation is unique. It benefices from the oceanic climate. The river Ciron bring humidity which produces abundantly fog during the autumn season. This phenomena occurs during the morning. The frog can actually create the famous Botrytis Cinerea(what?) and turn it to Noble rot(say that again?). The grape becomes drier. The sugars go up and are more concentrated. As a consequence, the noble rote gives abundantly different concentrated aromas to the wine.
Botrytis Cinerea( photo took by Zhuang Jingqiang 2011 10 21 at Sauternes)
You can actually find all this fruits in this magical golden beverage!!
(photo took by Zhang Jiakai 2011 10 21 at Chateau Caillou)
Traditionally, Sauternes sweet white wine is a perfect combination with desserts such as chocolate, cake and fruits. Some how, we recently finds out that this golden drop can be perfectly harmonies with Chinese spicy Sichuan cuisine. Usually, the spicy sensation covers all the aromas. But since the aromas in Sauternes are so strong and concentrated that it sets off the spicy.
Stockage
"People ask me how long they keep the bottle till it turn bad. and i told them, you can buy a bottle of sauterne now and drink it during the your grand son marriage." Said the Maitre de Chaine Chateau Coutet.
A good Sauterne can be kept more than 100 hundred years and still tastes refreshing.
Voilà,If you are interested, you still have a chance to visit 47 chateaux tomorrow. Have fun!!
There will be a special blog for the wine in english ?Hope that it will grow up step by step like the friendship.
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