Winery Cellier Saint GaetanSancerre
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Sancerre
Pairings that work perfectly with Sancerre
Original food and wine pairings with Sancerre
The Sancerre of Winery Cellier Saint Gaetan matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of baked pork chops, fried squid or coral lentil salad.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cellier Saint Gaetan's Sancerre.
Discover the grape variety: Alval
Intraspecific crossing obtained in 1958 between the dabouki and the Alphonse Lavallée, registered in the Official Catalogue of table and wine grape varieties (double end) list A1.
Informations about the Winery Cellier Saint Gaetan
The Winery Cellier Saint Gaetan is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sancerre
The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
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The word of the wine: Sulphating
Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.
