Château de Saint LouansChinon Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Chinon Rouge of the Château de Saint Louans is in the top 50 of wines of Chinon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Chinon Rouge of Château de Saint Louans in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.
Food and wine pairings with Chinon Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Chinon Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Chinon Rouge
The Chinon Rouge of Château de Saint Louans matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, sauerkraut of the sea in casserole or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.
Details and technical informations about Château de Saint Louans's Chinon Rouge.
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 Chinon Rouge from Château de Saint Louans are 2014, 2015, 2011
Informations about the Château de Saint Louans
The Château de Saint Louans is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
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: Rimage
"Vintage", in Catalan. A natural sweet wine that is bottled early to preserve its fruitiness, as opposed to those aged in an oxidizing environment (see this word). Syn.: vintage (for maury, port).
