Winery Couly-DutheilClos de l'Echo Chinon
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Cabernet Franc.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Clos de l'Echo Chinon of the Winery Couly-Dutheil is in the top 30 of wines of Chinon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Clos de l'Echo Chinon of Winery Couly-Dutheil in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry.
Food and wine pairings with Clos de l'Echo Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos de l'Echo Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with Clos de l'Echo Chinon
The Clos de l'Echo Chinon of Winery Couly-Dutheil matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, baked dumplings or rabbit à la lorientaise.
Details and technical informations about Winery Couly-Dutheil's Clos de l'Echo 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 Clos de l'Echo Chinon from Winery Couly-Dutheil are 2005, 2017, 1997, 1996 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Couly-Dutheil
The Winery Couly-Dutheil is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 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: Tasting
Sensory analysis of the wine according to a precise procedure and steps, using an appropriate vocabulary.
