The Winery Cheneau is one of the best wineries to follow in Pays Nantais.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Pays Nantais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Cheneau wines in Pays Nantais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cheneau wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cheneau wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Cheneau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong), aperitif puff pastries with vire andouille sausage or white fish in court-bouillon.
The Pays Nantais is the region surrounding the city of Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of Brittany, France. The region covers an area of about 90 kilometres from east to west, between neighbouring Anjou and the Atlantic coast. Most of the production produces light, fresh white wines. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Muscadet, where the melon">Melon de Bourgogne grape dominates the plantings.
Muscadet wines are, in turn, produced under several different appellations, including Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine. Melon de Bourgogne is not a particularly tasty grape variety, so without care in the Vineyard and careful Vinification, the wines are likely to be rather bland and Characterless. This is especially true in hot vintages, when the grapes tend to lose their Organoleptic complexity and their vital, characteristic Acidity. In order to glean as much flavour and character as possible from the grape must, many wines are left on the lees for weeks or even months.
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As its name suggests, the folle blanche is a white grape variety. Originally from the west of France, it was used to make Cognac and Armagnac brandies as early as the 17th century and was renowned for its finesse and fragrant nose. Replaced by Ugni Blanc following the phylloxera invasion, the folle blanche is now grown in small quantities. It is a grape variety with juicy, sweet, medium-sized bunches and berries with a white/green skin. Its worst enemy is grey rot. As it is an early variety and its buds come out early, it is particularly afraid of spring frosts. It likes short pruning, a method that limits the production of grapes but increases their quality. It also prefers mineral-rich soils, and its vineyards cover about 3,000 hectares. It is used in the production of the AOC Gros-plant du Pays nantais to produce a lively white wine with little alcohol but marked acidity.
