Winery Bêtes CurieusesFolle Blanche Franc de Pied
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Bêtes Curieuses's Folle Blanche Franc de Pied.
Discover the grape variety: Folle blanche
Very lively, tense whites with a lean palate and cutting acidity. Delicate aromas of green apple, lemon, white flowers, pear and iodine saline notes. Light, refreshing finish, best drunk young. Historic pillar of Cognac AOC before phylloxera (known as Gros Plant) and Armagnac AOC (called Picpoul or Piquepoul there); star of Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOC on Atlantic terroirs. Native French South-West variety, genetic parent of Colombard.
Informations about the Winery Bêtes Curieuses
The Winery Bêtes Curieuses is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Basse Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Basse Loire
IGP designation in the Pays Nantais (Loire-Atlantique), gneiss, mica-schist and granite draining soils, mild humid oceanic climate between Nantes and the Atlantic. Folle Blanche and Chardonnay are the signature whites: mineral with citrus and oceanic tension, delicate fruit. Melon de Bourgogne is the historic companion of Muscadet. Gamay for fruity rosé.
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: Glycerol
Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.
