The Winery Besnard Marc of Côteaux du Layon of Loire Valley

Winery Besnard Marc - Côteaux du Layon Pet De l' Homme
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Côteaux du Layon in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Besnard Marc is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Besnard Marc wines

Looking for the best Winery Besnard Marc wines in Côteaux du Layon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Besnard Marc wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Besnard Marc wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Besnard Marc

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Besnard Marc

How Winery Besnard Marc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of pork with carrots and potatoes, chicken bonne femme or ramen (noodle) soup.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Besnard Marc.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Côteaux du Layon

The wine region of Côteaux du Layon is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baumard or the Domaine Moulin Touchais produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côteaux du Layon are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côteaux du Layon often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, smoke or plum and sometimes also flavors of coffee, vanilla or strawberries.

In the mouth of Côteaux du Layon is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 293 estates and châteaux in the of Côteaux du Layon, producing 521 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côteaux du Layon go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts.

The top white wines of Winery Besnard Marc

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Besnard Marc

How Winery Besnard Marc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Besnard Marc

Planning a wine route in the of Côteaux du Layon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Besnard Marc.

Discover the grape variety: Kerner

Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.

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The word of the wine: Interknot

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).