Domaine de la TourettePassionnement
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This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Passionnement
Pairings that work perfectly with Passionnement
Original food and wine pairings with Passionnement
The Passionnement of Domaine de la Tourette matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of knife feet, autumn verrine or gratin of potatoes with fish fillets.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Tourette's Passionnement.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Passionnement from Domaine de la Tourette are 2016
Informations about the Domaine de la Tourette
The Domaine de la Tourette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Dense
Rich and concentrated wine with tight tannins and a consistent body.
