Domaine de la GabilliereQuintessence Touraine-Amboise
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Gabilliere's Quintessence Touraine-Amboise.
Discover the grape variety: Mariensteiner
Aromatic and refined whites, pale golden colour, fresh mouth with preserved acidity, with signature aromas of white flowers, citrus (lemon), green apple and calcareous mineral notes. Grown in very small quantities in Franconia, valued for dry wines on limestone soils. German white cross bred in 1928 in Würzburg (Silvaner x Rieslaner), late-ripening.
Informations about the Domaine de la Gabilliere
The Domaine de la Gabilliere is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Touraine-Amboise to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine-Amboise
AOC of the Loire Valley (Indre-et-Loire) around Amboise: since 2020, only AOC requiring 100% Côt (Malbec) in reds — atypical reds from massal selections, fine and silky tannins, long persistence, from supple to powerful depending on ageing. Rosés blending Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Côt and Gamay, fruity and fresh. 100% Chenin Blanc whites, taut and mineral. 60% reds, 30% rosés, 10% whites.
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: Hat
Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.
