Winery BillereauCuvée Prestige Clos des Cortillaux Coteaux du Giennois
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Billereau's Cuvée Prestige Clos des Cortillaux Coteaux du Giennois.
Discover the grape variety: Garanoir
Supple and fruity reds with a purple colour and melted tannins, on aromas of cherry, raspberry, blackberry, sweet spices and floral notes. Round palate, fresh finish, more tender and approachable young than its sibling Gamaret. Vinified as a thirst-quenching single variety and in modern red blends with Gamaret, Gamay and Pinot Noir in Swiss Romandy (Vaud, Geneva, Valais). A cross of Gamay × Reichensteiner created in 1970 at the Pully station, same lineage as Gamaret.
Informations about the Winery Billereau
The Winery Billereau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Coteaux du Giennois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux du Giennois
Central Loire AOC from Gien to Cosne-sur-Loire, clay-limestone and siliceous slopes on right bank, semi-continental climate. Sauvignon Blanc signature white king: bright and taut with citrus, grapefruit, green apple, boxwood, white flowers and mineral touch — fresh and precise, close to neighbouring Sancerre. Reds and rosés in mandatory Gamay-Pinot Noir blend: easy-drinking and fruity (cherry, raspberry, strawberry), fine tannins. Viticulture attested from the 6th century.
The wine region of Loire Valley
Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.
The word of the wine: Grape variety
A type of vine plant and, by extension, the term used to designate the grapes that come from it. The term "table grape" is used to designate the grapes used for consumption, whereas the term "grape variety" is used to designate the wine grapes used to make wine.
