Winery Complices de LoireLes Graviers Chinon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Les Graviers Chinon of the Winery Complices de Loire is in the top 80 of wines of Chinon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Graviers Chinon of Winery Complices de Loire in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of earthy, earth.
Food and wine pairings with Les Graviers Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Graviers Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with Les Graviers Chinon
The Les Graviers Chinon of Winery Complices de Loire matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef lark, fricadella or rabbit provencale (mario style).
Details and technical informations about Winery Complices de Loire's Les Graviers 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 Les Graviers Chinon from Winery Complices de Loire are 2016, 2017
Informations about the Winery Complices de Loire
The Winery Complices de Loire is one of of the world's great 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: Reims Mountain
Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).
