Le Domaine des BleucesPassion des Bleuces Côteaux du Layon
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Le Domaine des Bleuces's Passion des Bleuces Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Pedro Ximenez
Exceptional, intensely sweet liqueur wines with a very dark mahogany robe, a syrupy palate, and powerful signature aromas of raisin, dried fig, date, molasses, roasted coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice and oxidative notes. Produced from sun-dried grapes. The undisputed star of Andalusian Pedro Ximénez (PX), one of the world's greatest sweet wines. Autochthonous Spanish variety from Andalusia (Montilla-Moriles DO, Jerez DO).
Informations about the Le Domaine des Bleuces
The Le Domaine des Bleuces is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Carpentry
A powerful red wine with a dense, rich body and a tight tannic structure.
