Domaine des MaurieresQuarts de Chaume
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Domaine des Maurieres's Quarts de Chaume.
Discover the grape variety: Torbato
Lively, structured whites with good ageing potential, with a pale golden robe, a taut palate with preserved acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), yellow fruits (peach), white flowers and saline mineral notes. Taut insular profile. Star of the Alghero Torbato DOC appellation, producing great whites from the west coast of Sardinia with fine ageing potential. Native white grape of Sardinia, grown around Alghero.
Informations about the Domaine des Maurieres
The Domaine des Maurieres is one of wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. 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
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
