Festive Choice Wine 3

3. White Cheateaux de Nivelle Bordeaux 2002 Blanc Sec

Blanc Sec word stands for white sweet. No wonder this wine has mild balanced natural sweetness. The grapes are picked up late and first chilled and then fermented to keep the balance of fruitiness yet with sweet taste. Sweet should be like nectar and pleasing not like having tea with 2 tea spoons of sugar.

Bordeaux is one of the most popular regions in the world almost selling 800 million bottles of wine a year. Most of the reputed manes like Graves, Medoc and Cheateau Haut Brion with oldest wine appellation in world going back to 1855.

The most of the white wine in Bordeaux are made up of major Sauvignon Blanc and less Semillion grapes. The Bordeaux is also popular for making Dessert wines like Sauternes, though they are expensive in the market. Sometimes, the grapes are left to over ripe and convert into juice. In many places of Bordeaux, grape varieties like Semillion, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle gets rot in a noble way.

Why should you drink it?
This wine has mild sweetness which helps to balance the spicy character of the food. If you are looking forward for some spicy palate in this festive season, then this is the wine to go for. Especially with Choyela, Spiced Cucumber Pickle and even with Aloo ko Aachar. The best pairing would be Aloo Tama.

(Source: Food & Wine Magazine)