{"id":12659,"date":"2018-01-16T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/should-a-sauternes-be-paired-with-a-cigar\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:53:46","slug":"should-a-sauternes-be-paired-with-a-cigar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/en\/should-a-sauternes-be-paired-with-a-cigar\/","title":{"rendered":"Should a Sauternes be paired with a cigar\u00a0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Derek-Smith-LAmateur-Du-Cigare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"274\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>The owner of Rayne Vigneau, one of the biggest names in Sauternes production, says Yes\u00a0!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>By Thierry Dussard <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Derek Smith smokes one cigar a day, after dinner, whether it\u2019s a Ramon Allones or a H. Upmann, his favorites. Being also the number one French foie gras online retailer, with Traditions du P\u00e9rigord, he notes that \u00ab\u00a0Sauternes wine doesn\u2019t only pair with foie gras\u00a0\u00bb and then proceeds to open a Rayne Vigneau 2003 and a S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 chocolate bar. Derek Smith doesn\u2019t like the \u00ab\u00a0sweet wine\u00a0\u00bb designation. He prefers to call it \u00ab\u00a0soft wine\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Says he\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Sauternes is a meditation sort of wine. One must first look at it, smell it, dip his lips in it, just like one usually strokes a cigar before lighting it. For it to be at its top, it needs to be given time for its temperature to rise\u00a0\u00bb.<\/h3>\n<p>When the cigar reaches its peak, the old Sauternes, which in the meantime opened itself in the decanter as well as in the glasses, widens its range and accompanies the tobacco\u2019s combustion to produce an aroma high.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0It tones down the sting and softens the burning sensations. Neither one must overwhelm the other for these earth and sun products are less rivals than allies, complimenting each other. When the cigar is almost entirely smoked, a sip of Sauternes leaves the mouth fresh and gives a feeling of balance\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Do you know the secrets\u00a0of the Sauternes ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One the left bank of the Garonne river, around the very spot where the Ciron river joins it, are made some of the best sweet wines in the world. A fog produced by autumn rains, combined with the river and the creek, produces a noble fungus called <em>Botrytis cinerea, <\/em>which envelops the grapes. The fungus fixates the sugar and creates unbelievable aromas of bee wax, grilled apricots, candied ginger, nutmeg and spices. A fabulous sensory experience, far from normal sugary excesses, when the vinification is successful. Some of the secrets of a good Sauternes are\u00a0: a small output, separate harvests with two to eight passages in the same parcel and, finally, eighteen to twenty months in oak barrels before the bottling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of Rayne Vigneau, one of the biggest names in Sauternes production, says Yes\u00a0! By Thierry Dussard Derek Smith smokes one cigar a day, after dinner, whether it\u2019s a Ramon Allones or a H. Upmann, his favorites. Being also the number one French foie gras online retailer, with Traditions du P\u00e9rigord, he notes that \u00ab\u00a0Sauternes wine doesn\u2019t only pair &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":8776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1056,1067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-en","category-wine-fine-food"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should a Sauternes be paired with a cigar\u00a0? &#8212; Cigars-connect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/en\/should-a-sauternes-be-paired-with-a-cigar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should a Sauternes be paired with a cigar\u00a0? &#8212; Cigars-connect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The owner of Rayne Vigneau, one of the biggest names in Sauternes production, says Yes\u00a0! 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