Domaine des LandesCôteaux du Layon
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Domaine des Landes's Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Admirable de Courtiller
Table grape with long clusters and juicy, crunchy golden berries with delicate sweet and muscat-tinged flavours and thin skin. Vinified in limited quantities, giving simple, fresh and lightly muscat-scented whites. Now rare, appreciated by enthusiasts and preserved in French ampelographic collections, listed in the official Catalogue on List A1. French table grape variety from a chasselas × bicane cross obtained around 1840 in Saumur by Dr Courtiller.
Informations about the Domaine des Landes
The Domaine des Landes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 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: Decanting
Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
