Château ChantelouveCrémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Crémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Crémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Crémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut
The Crémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut of Château Chantelouve matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of indian chicken (simplified korma), coconut chicken curry in thermomix or snowman in pudding.
Details and technical informations about Château Chantelouve's Crémant de Bordeaux Blanc de Blancs Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Informations about the Château Chantelouve
The Château Chantelouve is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Crémant de Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant de Bordeaux
Crémant de Bordeaux is the regional appellation for traditional method white and rosé Sparkling wines from the Bordeaux wine region in southwest France. Sparkling wine production in Bordeaux is far from prolific and has slowly declined in response to the obvious success of still wines in the region. Sparkling wines have been produced in Bordeaux for more than 100 years, but the appellation was not formalized until April 1990. Even today, the specific style of Crémant de Bordeaux wines is not as Clear as that of other French Crémant appellations, such as Crémant de Loire, Crémant de Bourgogne and Crémant d'Alsace.
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: Foxé
An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.
