Wine "Chateau du Cornet" Blanc, Bordeaux AOC, 2012
Tasting Notes
The wine is light green in color.
The wine is well balanced and has a rich, refreshing taste, in which the tones of white fruit complemented by hints of green apple, acacia flowers and honeysuckle, which develop into a long finish.
Fragrant aroma of the wine reveals notes of grapefruit and blackcurrant, interwoven with hints of green apples and freshly cut grass.
Wine suitable as an aperitif and serve as an excellent complement to fish, white meat poultry and seafood.
Interesting Facts
Wine "Chateau du Cornet" can rightly be called a classic "white Bordeaux", as it is made from traditional grape varieties - Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Semillon wine gives warm tones of white fruit, while the Sauvignon Blanc brings fresh shades of green apples, flowers and scents of herbs. This combination gives the wine "Chateau du Cornet" surprisingly harmonious, balanced flavor that you are sure to appreciate.
Family group Cheval Kankar was created in 1844, when Pierre Kankar based trading company "Kankar and Son" and seeking to excellence in all, traveled a lot, looking for exceptional wine, and then acquired its own vineyard and winemaking seriously engaged. Today Cheval Kankar owned the best land in Bordeaux, and sounds like a slogan: "All the Bordeaux wines in their diversity." Here, with great respect for the traditions of winemaking, but based on the results of current research in the area of cultivation of vines. As a result of this approach are born into the world of fine wines, high quality which has been noted by prestigious awards.
Bordeaux - the famous wine region of France. Bordeaux is ideal for growing grapes due to the excellent climatic and geographic conditions, as well as soils, consisting of a dense sand layer, limestone and gravel. The area of vineyards in the Bordeaux region is 1,150 square kilometers. There is a huge number of wineries - a 9000 Chateau, which produce more than 700 million bottles per year. Particularly popular in the world won the red wines of Bordeaux. These wines are traditionally made from a mixture of grape varieties of a certain quality. The main varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
Producer's description
The family company Cheval Kankar was established in 1844, when Pierre Kankar founded the trading company "Kankar and Son" and, striving for excellence in everything, traveled a lot, looking for exceptional wines, and then acquired his own vineyard and seriously engaged in winemaking. Today Cheval Kankar owns the best land and Chateau in Bordeaux, and the slogan sounds like: "All the wines of Bordeaux in their diversity." Here, winemaking traditions are highly respected, but at the same time they rely on the results of modern research in the field of vine cultivation. As a result of this approach, excellent wines are born, the high quality of which has been repeatedly awarded prestigious awards.
Two sons of Pierre Kankar inherited from his father a love of winemaking. Eugene once went on a trip around the world to learn new technologies and bring fresh ideas to the family business, while his brother John, meanwhile, supported the winery created by his father. Since 1968, the family has been actively expanding its land holdings. To date, the company "Cheval Quancard" is managed by Eugene's grandson - Roland.
