Château Paradis Casseuil blanc 2024
AOC Bordeaux, 750 ml
A Bordeaux that will delight beginners and connoisseurs likewise
- Elegant yet expressive white wine from the renowned Domaine Barons de Rothschild Lafite.
- Bouquet of citrus notes and white stone fruit, floral touch. Lively and fresh on the palate, wonderfully balanced.
- Goes well with light dishes such as salads with goat's cheese, mild oriental dishes, grilled fish or chicken.
Description
Château Paradis Casseuil Blanc is an elegant yet expressive white wine from the renowned Domaine Barons de Rothschild Lafite. Citrus notes and white stone fruit dominate the bouquet, with a floral touch. On the palate, it convinces with a lively, refreshing attack that impressively emphasises the purity of the fruit. With its freshness and elegance, this white wine is the ideal accompaniment to light salads with goat's cheese, grilled fish in a herb crust or mild oriental dishes.
Attributes
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon |
| Producer: | Domaine Barons de Rothschild Lafite |
| Origin: | France / Bordeaux |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 5 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Goat's cheese, Baked egli fillets with tartare sauce, Mild Asian dishes |
| Volume: | 12.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Sauvignon Blanc
The Sauvignon blanc can be recognized with your eyes closed. Its typical bouquet is marked by green notes: freshly cut grass, tomato bunches, gooseberry. Citrus fruits, cassis and flint join into the mix. In warmer latitudes it also shows exotic aromas, such as passion fruit. Its acidity is decidedly lively. In all likelihood, it comes from the Loire Valley, where it is vinified in Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre in its purest form: varietally, and without timber. In the 18th century, it found its way to Bordeaux. Ambitious producers assemble it there with Sémillon into substantial whites, which are aged in oak barrels. The Sauvignon blanc has been a sensational success in the past 20 years in New Zealand. With its refreshing sweet-and-sour style, winemakers from down under have conquered the world. The rich Sauvignons from Styria and crisp examples of South Tyrol and Friuli are worth mentioning as well. It pairs with anything from the sea. Or do it like they do on the Loire, and enjoy it with goat cheese.
Sémillon
The fungi be thanked
The Sémillon grape is the basis of the legendary sweet wines of Sauternes. Its origins are there, in the southern part of the Bordeaux region. Its secret to success is its susceptibility to the Botrytis fungus, which pierces the skin of the ripe berries. Thus the water evaporates, and the sugar in the fruits concentrates. The musts are as thick as syrup. They present the citrus-fresh, fruity aromas of the Sémillon varieties. In addition, the Botrytis fungus contributes complex notes of honey, dry apricot and candied orange to the wine. The Sémillon is closely related to the Sauvignon blanc, and almost all sweet wines from Sauternes and its surroundings contain a small proportion of Sauvignon. The dry whites from Bordeaux are the opposite: the Sémillon mostly plays the supporting role. In early-19-century South Africa, Sémillon was the most planted grape. However, only vanishingly small quantities still grow there today. However, the vine has since taken root in California and Australia.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux: high prestige, high quality
With a total area of around 115,000 hectares, Bordeaux may not be France’s largest wine-growing region, but it is certainly its most prestigious. The range of wines produced here today is enormous: ranging from red everyday wines with a great relationship between price and quality to exclusive, and accordingly expensive, premier crus. Elegant white wines and noble sweet specialties round out the spectrum.
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
