Winery Complices de LoireLa Petite Timonerie Chinon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The La Petite Timonerie Chinon of the Winery Complices de Loire is in the top 10 of wines of Chinon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Petite Timonerie Chinon of Winery Complices de Loire in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or pepper and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak.
Food and wine pairings with La Petite Timonerie Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with La Petite Timonerie Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with La Petite Timonerie Chinon
The La Petite Timonerie Chinon of Winery Complices de Loire matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, ideas for savoury pancake toppings or pheasant in a casserole with white wine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Complices de Loire's La Petite Timonerie Chinon.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Petite Timonerie Chinon from Winery Complices de Loire are 2010, 2017, 2014, 2016 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Complices de Loire
The Winery Complices de Loire is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 80 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
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: Smoked
Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.
