Winery Christophe MenardSaint Nicolas de Bourgueil
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil of the Winery Christophe Menard is in the top 40 of wines of Loire Valley.
Food and wine pairings with Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Pairings that work perfectly with Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Original food and wine pairings with Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
The Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil of Winery Christophe Menard matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of baeckeoffe with fish, whiting fillets with pepper cream or rice with milk.
Details and technical informations about Winery Christophe Menard's Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
Informations about the Winery Christophe Menard
The Winery Christophe Menard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)
Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.
