Chateau de PutilleCôteaux du Layon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Chateau de Putille's Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Sousão
Intensely coloured and structured reds with a dense purple robe, firm tannins and a powerful palate with high acidity, showing signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), spices, violet and mineral notes. Traditional component of Vintage Port and great Douro DOC reds, also of Minho Vinho Verde reds. Portuguese autochthonous black grape, identical to Vinhão and Galician Sousón.
Informations about the Chateau de Putille
The Chateau de Putille is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 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: Barrel
Unit of measure for the transport and marketing of bulk wines, corresponding to 4 barrels of 225 l, i.e. 900 l.
