Château SoucherieException Côteaux du Layon
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Exception Côteaux du Layon of Château Soucherie in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Exception Côteaux du Layon
Pairings that work perfectly with Exception Côteaux du Layon
Original food and wine pairings with Exception Côteaux du Layon
The Exception Côteaux du Layon of Château Soucherie matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of spanish seafood paella, roast monkfish with bacon or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Château Soucherie's Exception 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 Exception Côteaux du Layon from Château Soucherie are 2014, 2013, 2015
Informations about the Château Soucherie
The Château Soucherie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 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: Botrytis
Fungus that causes grape rot.
