Domaine des MenaisCoteaux de Saumur Les Poyeux
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Details and technical informations about Domaine des Menais's Coteaux de Saumur Les Poyeux.
Discover the grape variety: Marzemino
Supple and fruity reds with a clear ruby colour and melted tannins, on intense aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, violet, sweet spices and herbal notes. Round palate, fresh finish. Star of Trentino Marzemino DOC (notably in the Vallagarina valley, southern Trentino), celebrated by Mozart in Don Giovanni ("versa il vino, eccellente Marzemino!"). Also grown in Lombardy. Native Italian variety from the north-east.
Informations about the Domaine des Menais
The Domaine des Menais is one of wineries to follow in Coteaux de Saumur.. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Coteaux de Saumur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux de Saumur
Confidential Loire AOC (~20 ha), left bank of the Loire and Thouet: 100% Chenin in sweet and liqueur whites from manual harvesting through successive tries, raisined or botrytised berries. Gold to old-gold colour, floral and fresh nose (rhubarb), fruity (peach, apricot, exotic fruits) evolving to honey and quince. Rich palate balanced by Chenin's characteristic tense acidity — no excessive sweetness. Chalky tuffeau soils, south/south-east exposure.
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: Muscat blanc à petits grains
A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.
