Château de PassavantCôteaux du Layon
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Côteaux du Layon of the Château de Passavant is in the top 10 of wines of Côteaux du Layon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Côteaux du Layon of Château de Passavant in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Côteaux du Layon
Pairings that work perfectly with Côteaux du Layon
Original food and wine pairings with Côteaux du Layon
The Côteaux du Layon of Château de Passavant matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of panga curry, beef tartar with thai flavors or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Château de Passavant's Côteaux 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 Côteaux du Layon from Château de Passavant are 2010, 2018, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Informations about the Château de Passavant
The Château de Passavant is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 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: Texture
In tasting, the equivalent of touch. It is the set of tactile sensations perceived by the mucous membranes of the mouth: silky, velvety, sticky, fatty, astringent, pasty, etc.
