Château de ChaintresVieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Shiraz/Syrah.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny of Château de Chaintres in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black cherries or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny
Pairings that work perfectly with Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny
Original food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny
The Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny of Château de Chaintres matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), guinea fowl with cabbage or duck breast with honey.
Details and technical informations about Château de Chaintres's Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vieilles Vignes Saumur Champigny from Château de Chaintres are 2018, 2010, 2013, 2011 and 2014.
Informations about the Château de Chaintres
The Château de Chaintres is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
Loire Cabernet Franc benchmark across 9 Saumur villages (clay-limestone slopes, mild oceanic climate): fine, velvety reds with vibrant cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant aromas plus floral and spicy notes, supple tannins, taut freshness and silky texture. Young wines lively and gourmand, ageworthy cuvées drift to undergrowth, leather and tobacco. Star red AOC of the Anjou-Saumur Loire, rare blend of immediate pleasure and ageing, signature Loire elegance.
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: R-C (champagne)
Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.
