Winery Chantet BlanetPremières Côtes de Blaye
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Premières Côtes de Blaye
Pairings that work perfectly with Premières Côtes de Blaye
Original food and wine pairings with Premières Côtes de Blaye
The Premières Côtes de Blaye of Winery Chantet Blanet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of hungarian goulash, sot- l- leaves or stuffed guinea fowl in the oven.
Details and technical informations about Winery Chantet Blanet's Premières Côtes de Blaye.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Informations about the Winery Chantet Blanet
The Winery Chantet Blanet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Premières Côtes de Blaye to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye
The wine region of Premières Côtes de Blaye is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Marquis de Vauban or the Château Sainte-Luce Bellevue produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Premières Côtes de Blaye are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Premières Côtes de Blaye often reveals types of flavors of leather, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or vanilla.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Solera
A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.
