The Domaine de Cray is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine de Cray wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine de Cray wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Domaine de Cray wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine de Cray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of white wine fondue, roast pork with milk or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Domaine de Cray. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Domaine de Cray. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
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.
). Fine, crunchy Cabernet Franc reds (Chinon, Bourgueil) on raspberry and ripe pepper. Elegant Crémants. ~70,000 ha, oceanic climate over 800 km.
Wines for fine dining.
How Domaine de Cray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, skate with vinegar and capers or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
In the mouth the white wine of Domaine de Cray. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Domaine de Cray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tanjia, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
A sommelier uses a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
How Domaine de Cray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of sea bream with sweet spices, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or senegalese rice.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
How Domaine de Cray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of saddle of lamb stuffed with chicken breast and basil, wild salmon with verbena steam or home-made white pudding.
Said of a wine showing by its colour (tuilé in the case of reds, amber in the case of whites), its aromas or its structure that it is nearing the end of its peak and needs to be drunk quickly.
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Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
