Château la VarièreLes Roches Bonnezeaux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Les Roches Bonnezeaux
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Roches Bonnezeaux
Original food and wine pairings with Les Roches Bonnezeaux
The Les Roches Bonnezeaux of Château la Varière matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou, paella de marisco (seafood paella) or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Château la Varière's Les Roches Bonnezeaux.
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.
Informations about the Château la Varière
The Château la Varière is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 54 wines for sale in the of Bonnezeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bonnezeaux
AOC on Anjou's right bank of the Layon (~120 ha, Thouarce, three steep hillsides, marly-schistose soils): exclusive signature Chenin Blanc as sweet white king — golden robe deepening to amber, candied fruits, citrus, honey and white flowers, luscious texture and length. Manual harvests with successive tries, 25 hl/ha, slow fermentation. Morning mists from the Layon favour noble rot and over-ripening. AOC 1951, exceptional ageing.
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: SGN
Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.
