Domaine de Roche VilleLe Prince Saumur-Champigny
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Le Prince Saumur-Champigny of the Domaine de Roche Ville is in the top 10 of wines of Saumur-Champigny.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Le Prince Saumur-Champigny of Domaine de Roche Ville in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of tobacco, pepper or black currant and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Le Prince Saumur-Champigny
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Prince Saumur-Champigny
Original food and wine pairings with Le Prince Saumur-Champigny
The Le Prince Saumur-Champigny of Domaine de Roche Ville matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), soft and inexpensive pasta gratin or casserons in the country style.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de Roche Ville's Le Prince Saumur-Champigny.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Prince Saumur-Champigny from Domaine de Roche Ville are 2011, 2012, 2009, 2014 and 2015.
Informations about the Domaine de Roche Ville
The Domaine de Roche Ville is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
Loire Cabernet Franc benchmark across 9 Saumur villages (clay-limestone slopes, mild oceanic climate): fine, velvety reds with vibrant cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant aromas plus floral and spicy notes, supple tannins, taut freshness and silky texture. Young wines lively and gourmand, ageworthy cuvées drift to undergrowth, leather and tobacco. Star red AOC of the Anjou-Saumur Loire, rare blend of immediate pleasure and ageing, signature Loire elegance.
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: Ancestral method
A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).
