Winery Alain et Veronique AssadetGourmandise Menetou-Salon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, veal or game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Gourmandise Menetou-Salon
Pairings that work perfectly with Gourmandise Menetou-Salon
Original food and wine pairings with Gourmandise Menetou-Salon
The Gourmandise Menetou-Salon of Winery Alain et Veronique Assadet matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of aiguillette of duck with honey, forest rabbit or cannelloni of meat.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alain et Veronique Assadet's Gourmandise Menetou-Salon.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin d'Aoste
It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.
Informations about the Winery Alain et Veronique Assadet
The Winery Alain et Veronique Assadet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Menetou-Salon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Menetou-Salon
The wine region of Menetou-Salon is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean-Max Roger or the Isabelle et Pierre Clement (Domaine de Chatenoy) produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Menetou-Salon are Pinot noir, Cabernet franc and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Menetou-Salon often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, saline or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of earthy, green apple or melon.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Cryptogamic
Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.
