The Château de l'Aulee is one of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château de l'Aulee wines in Chinon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de l'Aulee wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château de l'Aulee wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château de l'Aulee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of cuttlefish armorican style (morgate), pancake batter or avocado verrine and quick.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Château de l'Aulee. often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, pear or earth. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Château de l'Aulee. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
The wine region of Chinon is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marc Brédif or the Château de Saint Louans produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chinon are Cabernet franc, Chenin blanc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chinon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, eucalyptus or orange and sometimes also flavors of cola, fig or game.
In the mouth of Chinon is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 290 estates and châteaux in the of Chinon, producing 865 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chinon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).
How Château de l'Aulee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of codfish aioli, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or hawaiian pizza.
On the nose the white wine of Château de l'Aulee. often reveals types of flavors of microbio.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
How Château de l'Aulee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan), tunisian bricks or cauliflower croque-monsieur.
Wine disease resulting in a whitish haze and a vented taste.
How Château de l'Aulee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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.
How Château de l'Aulee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, wild boar bourguignon or pheasant in a casserole with white wine.
Wine that is too old, faded or has suffered from handling such as racking or bottling. In the first case it is too late, in the second case the wine must be put to rest for a few weeks in the cellar.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
