Winery DerouardSaumur-Champigny
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Derouard's Saumur-Champigny.
Discover the grape variety: Aubun
Aubun is not to be confused with another grape variety with the same sound, aubin. This one is a black grape plant of which the Vaucluse is the probable cradle. Covering nearly 5,400 hectares of vineyards in the late 1990s, its cultivation was reduced to some 1,400 hectares in the mid-2000s. California and Australia also have discreet plantations. In the Var, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, Ardèche and other departments, aubun is authorized, if not recommended. Its third-period ripeness promises medium to large bunches of compact, cylindrical grapes that will produce medium-quality wine. Quite alcoholic, the wine produced from Aubun is a lightly colored red. After budburst, the shoots bear young branches covered with a cottony veil. The young leaves are yellowish and downy. The older ones have pubescent, cottony blades with 5 to 7 limbs.
Informations about the Winery Derouard
The Winery Derouard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny is located in the region of Saumur of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Clos Rougeard produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur-Champigny are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur-Champigny often reveals types of flavors of smoke, grass or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oil or banana.
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: Tears
Traces left by the wine on the sides of the glass when it is shaken or tilted.
