Sémillon

This Sauternes wine is produced mainly from organically grown Sémillon grapes in the vineyards of Château Bordenave, located in Preignac, France. Its name comes from "new farm" and it is grown on sandy-gravel soil.

The vinification follows the traditional method, with selection of noble rot caused by Botrytis cinerea that enriches the grapes with sugars by evaporating the water, without causing damage. Then there is a 6-month refinement to improve the character of the wine.

It has a beautiful gold...

The Sauternes Château Fontebride, with its predominantly Sémillon and Sauvignon grapes, offers an authentic and fine style, similar to that of the Haut Bergeron and is bottled in the same house. Located on the slopes of the village of Bommes, adjacent to many Classified Crus, the Château was acquired in 1950 by Gaston and his son Robert Lamothe. The clay-pebble ridges of this magnificent terroir give the wine a well-defined structure, complexity, but with finesse and brightness, thanks to the re...

The Cadillac Château Haut Mouleyre is produced in Bordeaux, more precisely in the village of Escoussans, located in the Entre-Deux-Mers wine region, on the right bank of the Garonne. This area benefits from a clay-limestone and clay-sandy soil, with a subsoil of alluvial colluvium and Pliocene molasse, thus offering a privileged position with maximum exposure to sunlight and good soil drainage.

Produced exclusively from old Sémillon vines, the harvest is manual with subsequent selection of the gr...

The Sauternes Castelnau de Suduiraut by Château Suduiraut is produced by a company history of Sauternes, Premier Cru Classé in 1855.

It consists of Sémillon grapes with a small addition of Chardonnay grapes affected by noble rot. The grapes are pressed and the must clarified. Fermentation takes place in new French oak barrels with temperature control (24°C) for 2-3 weeks. The wine then ages for 7 years in French oak barrels for 15 months, with 30% of old barrels from the first wine of the Château...

Les Cordeliers, a maison based in Saint-Émilion, is among the few small producers still producing Crémant de Bordeaux. It is made with traditional method starting from Sémillon, one of the most common white berried varieties in the Bordeaux region.

It has a straw yellow color and very fine bubbles that create a light and persistent mousse. Its nose evokes notes of white fruit, flint and citrus. Expressive on the palate, it shows a wonderful liveliness and great freshness in the finish.

Ideal aperi...

The Family Selection Semillon Chardonnay of the De Bortoli company is made with Semillon and Chardonnay grapes from the vast Australian region of Riverina.

The grapes used for this wine are selected from the best plots before being harvested overnight and transported quickly to the cellar. After soft pressing, the must is pressed and fermented in French and American oak barrels.

Intense straw yellow in color, it has hints of tropical fruits such as pineapple and white melon, followed by clear refe...

Boekenhoutskloof Sémillon is a wine that originates from the prestigious area of Franschhoek. Featuring an impressive viticultural history, it is produced primarily from South Africa's oldest Sémillon vineyard, planted in 1902. This vineyard extends across clay-rich alluvial soils, providing a solid foundation for the growth of superior quality grapes.

The Sémillon grapes are harvested in whole bunches and are subjected to spontaneous fermentation both in classic 225 liter barriques and in concre...

Château Nairac is located in the prestigious appellation of Barsac, a few kilometers from the Garonne, an optimal position to benefit from the humidity and autumn mists which favor the development of Botrytis Cinerea, fundamental for the production of this renowned sweet wine. With vineyards of an average age of 40 years, mainly planted with Sémillon, and small percentages of Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle, this wine rises to levels of pure excellence.

The grape harvest takes place between mid-Se...

Château Rieussec Premier Grand Cru is born in the estate of the same name belonging to the Domains de Baron de Rothschild, in the heart of the AOC Sauternes. It is one of the premier crus included in the Official Classification of Bordeaux Wines of 1855, a classification system created by Emperor Napoleon III on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition in Paris, in order to make the best Bordeaux wines more recognizable even outside the borders of France. The wines were ordered from the first to...

The white wine of Tenuta di Trinoro is a wine produced by Andrea Franchetti, who created a model estate in the 1990s, with the intention of producing great wines. The choice fell on a wild and uncultivated area of the Val d'Orcia, deep in the Tuscan hinterland. In terms of climate and soil composition, the area has proved to be particularly suitable for the main international varieties and in particular for the Bordeaux vines.

The wine is a pure Sémillon, whose grapes are fermented for 10 days in...