Domaine des Petits QuartsCuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon
The Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon of Domaine des Petits Quarts matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of quenelles in nantua sauce, fillet of pollock with mushrooms in white wine sauce or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Domaine des Petits Quarts's Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Informations about the Domaine des Petits Quarts
The Domaine des Petits Quarts is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 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: Broker
In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.
