Cave de ValençayValençay
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Cave de Valençay's Valençay.
Discover the grape variety: Béni carlo
Intense, full-bodied, high-alcohol reds with a deep purple colour, supple tannins and an ample palate with moderate acidity, featuring signature aromas of ripe black fruits (blackberry, plum), spices and Mediterranean notes from the Levant. Productive. Once exported to Bordeaux in the 19th century to bolster blends, today marginal, surviving in a few heritage plots of the Spanish Levant. Indigenous Spanish black variety from Valencia and Catalonia, around Benicarló.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Valençay from Cave de Valençay are 0
Informations about the Cave de Valençay
The Cave de Valençay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Valençay to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Valençay
AOC of the Berry-Touraine (2003), the only appellation sharing its name with a cheese: reds (>50%) led by Gamay (30–60%) with Pinot Noir (10%) and Côt (10%) — sustained ruby, dark fruits, easy-drinking palate with spicy notes. Whites with Sauvignon (≥70%) completed by Chardonnay and Orbois — exotic fruit aromas and flint minerality as a signature. Rosés (12%) with optional Pineau d'Aunis. "Perruche" soils (clay-flint), sandy-gravelly terrains.
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: Rosé (champagne)
Unique rosé wine made by blending white wine with a small amount of red Champagne. It is however possible to vinify the must directly into rosé.
