Château du BreuilCoteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu'
Pairings that work perfectly with Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu'
Original food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu'
The Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu' of Château du Breuil matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of paella for dummies (simple and delicious), laksa soup (malaysia) or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Château du Breuil's Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu'.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Informations about the Château du Breuil
The Château du Breuil is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu-sur-Layon' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux du Layon 'Beaulieu-sur-Layon'
Communal denomination of Coteaux du Layon (Anjou-Layon) on Beaulieu-sur-Layon: 100% Chenin, sweet by successive tries of botrytised grapes. Steep schist slopes facing south (brown schists and aeolian sands), Mauges massif shielding from Atlantic rain — ideal overripening and botrytis. Aromas of candied yellow fruits, honey, quince and dried apricot, sustained by mineral tension that avoids heaviness. Multi-decade ageing potential.
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: Table wine
Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.
