Domaine de la GerfaudrieLa Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux of the Domaine de la Gerfaudrie is in the top 50 of wines of Côteaux du Layon.
Food and wine pairings with La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux
Pairings that work perfectly with La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux
Original food and wine pairings with La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux
The La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux of Domaine de la Gerfaudrie matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète, mixed paella valenciana or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Gerfaudrie's La Coulée des Marzelles Moelleux.
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.
Informations about the Domaine de la Gerfaudrie
The Domaine de la Gerfaudrie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 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: Oxidative (breeding)
A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.
