Bordeaux Supèrieur AOP - Château La Croix Calendreau

The elegant Bordeaux Supérieur from Château La Croix Calendreau shines in the glass with a bright purple-red color. At the rims, this French red also shows a transition into garnet red. If you give it some air by swirling it in the glass, you can perceive an excellent balance in this red wine, as it does not appear watery, syrupy, or liqueur-like on the sides of the glass. Poured into a Bordeaux glass, this Old World red wine offers wonderfully expressive aromas of sour cherry, strawberry, red currant, and raspberry, rounded off by further fruity nuances.

On the palate, the Bordeaux Supérieur from Château La Croix Calendreau starts off wonderfully aromatic, fruit-driven, and balanced. On the tongue, this harmonious red wine is characterized by an exceptionally velvety texture. The finish of this matured red wine from the Bordeaux wine-growing region, more precisely from Bordeaux Supérieur, ultimately impresses with remarkable length. The aftertaste is also accompanied by mineral facets from the clay-dominated soils.

Vinification of the Bordeaux Supérieur from Château La Croix Calendreau

The balanced Bordeaux Supérieur from France is a varietal wine made from the Merlot grape variety. In Bordeaux, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on clay soils. Naturally, the Bordeaux Supérieur is also shaped by the climatic and stylistic factors of Bordeaux Supérieur. In the best sense of the word, this French wine can be described as an Old World wine that presents itself in an extraordinarily impressive way. At the point of optimal ripeness, the grapes for the Bordeaux Supérieur are harvested particularly quickly and at the coolest possible time of day in order to preserve their aromas. After hand-picking, the grapes are swiftly brought to the press house. There they are sorted and gently crushed. This is followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. After fermentation, the wine is aged on the fine lees for several months before it is finally bottled.

Food recommendation for the Bordeaux Supérieur from Château La Croix Calendreau

This French wine is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to ossobuco, spaghetti with caper-tomato sauce, or boeuf bourguignon.

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