Winery Oisly ThéséeLes Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine of Winery Oisly Thésée in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of citrus, minerality or melon and sometimes also flavors of lemon zest, earth or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine
Original food and wine pairings with Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine
The Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine of Winery Oisly Thésée matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of barbecued mackerel papillotes, rice with seafood or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Oisly Thésée's Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine.
Discover the grape variety: Tardif
This is a very old grape variety in southwestern France, with "traces" found in the high Pyrenees, but also in the Atlantic Pyrenees and in the Gers. Virtually unknown in other French wine-producing regions, as well as abroad, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. Tardif is certainly the ideal grape variety to combine with Tannat, especially when the latter is in the majority. The overall quality of its polyphenols is such as to compensate for the often harsh tannins of Tannat in young wines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Gourmets Sauvignon Touraine from Winery Oisly Thésée are 2015, 2014, 2016
Informations about the Winery Oisly Thésée
The Winery Oisly Thésée is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 42 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.
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: Clone
A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.
