Domaine de l'EteCuvée Folie Coteaux du Layon
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Domaine de l'Ete's Cuvée Folie Coteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Verdelho blanc
Structured and lively whites with excellent ageing potential, golden robe, taut palate with preserved acidity, signature aromas of citrus (lemon), dried fruits (almond), white flowers and saline mineral notes. Also excels in oxidative medium-bodied dry Madeira. Historical pillar of medium-bodied dry Madeira, also thrives dry along the Portuguese coast and in Galicia (Verdejo). Emblematic Portuguese white grape of Madeira.
Informations about the Domaine de l'Ete
The Domaine de l'Ete is one of wineries to follow in Côteaux du Layon.. It offers 9 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: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
