Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Pineau des Charentes of Pineau des Charentes as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Pineau des Charentes and the best vintages to taste in this region.
AOC vin de liqueur of the Charentes (Cognac zone), made by mutage: fresh must + Cognac eau-de-vie, aged in cask min. 18 months. Charentais aperitif signature with notes of fresh grape, honey, candied fruits, citrus, soft vanilla and a hazelnut touch in white — deep gold robe, round velvety palate at 17% vol. Rosé version on Cabernet and Merlot brings strawberry and red fruits.
Very old Pineau evolves on dried fruits, rancio and spice. Served chilled.
Light, spicy reds with a clear ruby robe, fine tannins and fresh acidity, with characteristic aromas of black pepper, red fruit (raspberry, redcurrant), spice and herbal notes. Airy, refreshing palate with a signature peppery finish. Also made as very expressive, taut rosés. Star of Coteaux du Vendômois AOC, present in Anjou, Touraine and Coteaux du Loir AOC. Autochthonous Loire Valley variety, present since the 12th century (favourite wine of Henry Plantagenet).
sweet wines from the region of Pineau des Charentes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, eggplant moussaka with lamb or pasta carbonara almost like the real thing.
On the nose in the region of Pineau des Charentes often reveals types of flavors of apples, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.
