Winery ChampieuxValencay Tradition
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Valencay Tradition of the Winery Champieux is in the top 10 of wines of Valençay.
Food and wine pairings with Valencay Tradition
Pairings that work perfectly with Valencay Tradition
Original food and wine pairings with Valencay Tradition
The Valencay Tradition of Winery Champieux matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of daube niçoise, paupiettes with tomato sauce or duck breast with honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Champieux's Valencay Tradition.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Informations about the Winery Champieux
The Winery Champieux is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 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: Tasting
Sensory analysis of the wine according to a precise procedure and steps, using an appropriate vocabulary.
