Winery CormierSoleil d'Automne Côteaux du Layon
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Cormier's Soleil d'Automne Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Doçal
Simple, fresh whites best drunk young, with a pale golden robe, a light palate with moderate acidity, and discreet aromas of citrus, white flowers and neutral notes. A rare heritage profile. Practically disappeared from commercial cultivation, preserved in a few heritage plots and studied by Portuguese ampelography centres. Rare Portuguese white grape grown in the north of the country, in Trás-os-Montes.
Informations about the Winery Cormier
The Winery Cormier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Erinosis
Generally benign condition caused by a very small mite. The infested leaves show blisters on the upper surface, sometimes reddish, sometimes green, to which corresponds on the lower surface a dense felting, first pinkish white, then brownish or reddish.
