Name: Clos Le Comte Sauternes 2016
Brand: Clos Le Comte
SKU: 79254
Price: 12 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Clos Le Comte Sauternes 2016

Sauternes, France's most famous sweet wine, is made from grapes that undergo a peculiar process known as noble rot, or in Latin, Botrytis Cinerea. This is caused by a fungus attacking the grape which makes it lose water and shrivel up. It also makes it look disgusting. A Botrytis-infected grape looks like it should be thrown away but if you're feeling brave, have a little lick. It actually tastes wonderful. All the shrivelling has concentrated the sugars. So every year in the Sauternes region, they pray for mist to roll in off the river at harvest time, which makes ideal conditions for this rot to set in. The resulting grapes are so high in sugar that yeast cannot convert them all to alcohol leaving you with an intensely sweet wine, Sauternes. It's so intense that you only need a tiny glass hence why this half bottle size of Clos Le Comte Sauternes 2016 is so handy.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

There a lovely scent of orange marmalade and pineapple. Take and sip and there's peaches, citrus fruit and honey, it's sweet but not at all cloying. The ideal accompaniment to Sauternes is Roquefort cheese but fruit tarts and pies work well as long as they're not too sweet.

Allergy Information

Sulphur Dioxide Sulphites Yes

Celery No

Cereals Containing Gluten Info not yet available

Crustaceans No

Eggs No

Fish No

Lupin No

Milk No

Molluscs No

Mustard No

Nuts No

Peanuts No

Sesame Seeds No

Soybeans No

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Clos Le Comte Sauternes 2016 38cl