Château de QuinçayLaunay Sélection Terroir
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château de Quinçay's Launay Sélection Terroir.
Discover the grape variety: Claverie
Simple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden colour, supple palate with moderate acidity, discreet aromas of white flowers and stone fruits from the Pyrenees. Productive. Often blended with Baroque, Arrufiac and Gros Manseng, contributes to South-West whites and Armagnac eau-de-vie distillation. French indigenous white variety from the South-West, mainly grown in Béarn and Tursan.
Informations about the Château de Quinçay
The Château de Quinçay is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
Signature Sauvignon as king of Touraine whites (~80% of plantings): dry, expressive with notes of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, white flowers, exotic fruit and a touch of boxwood, lively acidity — ideal aperitif. Gamay as a juicy, crunchy red (cherry, raspberry, discreet tannins), more structured Cabernet Franc (bell pepper, raspberry) and dense Côt to complete it. Chenin and Chardonnay among whites. Vast Loire AOC between Blois and Tours, tuffeau and flint.
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: Bitter
Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.
