Clos du PorteauLes Chaffines Touraine
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Details and technical informations about Clos du Porteau's Les Chaffines Touraine.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Francisca
Supple, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, silky tannins and charming palate, showing simple aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, gentle spices and floral notes. Airy, confidential profile. A very minor component of traditional Port blends, it represents part of the ampelographic heritage of the Douro. Native Portuguese black variety of the Douro, grown in confidential quantities among the ancient studied cultivars.
Informations about the Clos du Porteau
The Clos du Porteau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
Signature Sauvignon as king of Touraine whites (~80% of plantings): dry, expressive with notes of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, white flowers, exotic fruit and a touch of boxwood, lively acidity — ideal aperitif. Gamay as a juicy, crunchy red (cherry, raspberry, discreet tannins), more structured Cabernet Franc (bell pepper, raspberry) and dense Côt to complete it. Chenin and Chardonnay among whites. Vast Loire AOC between Blois and Tours, tuffeau and flint.
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: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
