Château du BreuilCoteaux du Layon Blanc
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, blue cheese or lean fish.
Taste structure of the Coteaux du Layon Blanc from the Château du Breuil
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Coteaux du Layon Blanc of Château du Breuil in the region of Loire Valley is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Coteaux du Layon Blanc of Château du Breuil in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Coteaux du Layon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon Blanc
The Coteaux du Layon Blanc of Château du Breuil matches generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of macaroni and cheese gratin, express cherry clafoutis or 3 cheese quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château du Breuil's Coteaux du Layon Blanc.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Coteaux du Layon Blanc from Château du Breuil are 2020, 2015, 0, 2014 and 2016.
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 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: Rootstock
American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.
