Winery Couly-DutheilLe Chenin
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Le Chenin of the Winery Couly-Dutheil is in the top 90 of wines of Chinon.
Taste structure of the Le Chenin from the Winery Couly-Dutheil
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Le Chenin of Winery Couly-Dutheil in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Le Chenin of Winery Couly-Dutheil in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, floral.
Food and wine pairings with Le Chenin
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Chenin
Original food and wine pairings with Le Chenin
The Le Chenin of Winery Couly-Dutheil matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of red mullet, mackerel, tuna, salmon sushi, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or veal head with vinaigrette.
Details and technical informations about Winery Couly-Dutheil's Le Chenin.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Chenin from Winery Couly-Dutheil are 2018, 2015
Informations about the Winery Couly-Dutheil
The Winery Couly-Dutheil is one of of the world's great 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: Cryo-extraction
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
