Château d'AvrilleCabernet d'Anjou
Pink wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Cabernet-Sauvignon.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Cabernet d'Anjou
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabernet d'Anjou
Original food and wine pairings with Cabernet d'Anjou
The Cabernet d'Anjou of Château d'Avrille matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), trapper's barbecue or beef carrots.
Details and technical informations about Château d'Avrille's Cabernet d'Anjou.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet d'Anjou from Château d'Avrille are 2016
Informations about the Château d'Avrille
The Château d'Avrille is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Cabernet d'Anjou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cabernet d'Anjou
The wine region of Cabernet d'Anjou is located in the region of Anjou of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vallée des Reines or the Domaine Les Terriades produce mainly wines pink, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cabernet d'Anjou are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Grolleau, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cabernet d'Anjou often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, apples or citrus and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, vanilla or earthy.
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.
The word of the wine: Grape
Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.
