Château BelleriveCoteaux du Layon
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, blue cheese or lean fish.
Taste structure of the Coteaux du Layon from the Château Bellerive
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Coteaux du Layon of Château Bellerive in the region of Loire Valley is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Coteaux du Layon of Château Bellerive in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of apricot, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon
Pairings that work perfectly with Coteaux du Layon
Original food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Layon
The Coteaux du Layon of Château Bellerive matches generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tomato, ham, cheese and mushroom pie, rice with milk or french burger with roquefort.
Details and technical informations about Château Bellerive's Coteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Coteaux du Layon from Château Bellerive are 2019, 2021, 2017, 2023 and 2018.
Informations about the Château Bellerive
The Château Bellerive is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Flint (smell of)
Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.
