Winery Famille BougrierTemple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
The Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Famille Bougrier matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, brasucade of mussels from languedoc or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Famille Bougrier's Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Timorasso
Structured, complex dry whites with a pale golden robe, an ample palate and a cutting acidity, showing signature aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), yellow fruits (pear, peach), white flowers, honey and hydrocarbon mineral notes (signature, aged-Riesling-like). Fine ageing and cellaring potential. The star of Colli Tortonesi DOC, a successful ampelographic revival in modern Piedmont. An indigenous Piedmontese variety rediscovered in the 1980s by Walter Massa.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Temple de Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Winery Famille Bougrier are 2017, 2014, 2013
Informations about the Winery Famille Bougrier
The Winery Famille Bougrier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 139 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
Signature Sauvignon as king of Touraine whites (~80% of plantings): dry, expressive with notes of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, white flowers, exotic fruit and a touch of boxwood, lively acidity — ideal aperitif. Gamay as a juicy, crunchy red (cherry, raspberry, discreet tannins), more structured Cabernet Franc (bell pepper, raspberry) and dense Côt to complete it. Chenin and Chardonnay among whites. Vast Loire AOC between Blois and Tours, tuffeau and flint.
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: Pressing
Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).
