Domaine du RaifaultCuvée Prestige Chinon

Red wine of Chinon of Loire Valley of France

4.0

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Cuvée Prestige Chinon of Domaine du Raifault is a red wine from the region of Chinon of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Cuvée Prestige Chinon of the Domaine du Raifault is in the top 70 of wines of Chinon.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Cuvée Prestige Chinon of Domaine du Raifault in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Chinon

Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Chinon

Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Chinon

Game (deer, venison)

Mild and soft cheese

The Cuvée Prestige Chinon of Domaine du Raifault matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, sauerkraut of the sea in casserole or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.

Details and technical informations about Domaine du Raifault's Cuvée Prestige Chinon.

Winery

Domaine du Raifault

Grape varieties

Cabernet franc

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Cuvée Prestige Chinon - 1989

In the top 70 of of Chinon wines

Average rating: 4.2

The best vintages of Cuvée Prestige Chinon from Domaine du Raifault are 1989

Informations about the Domaine du Raifault

The winery offers 7 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Chinon in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine du Raifault is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 40000 of of France wines

In the top 75 of of Chinon wines

In the top 90000 of red wines

In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Chinon

The wine region of Chinon is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marc Brédif or the Château de Saint Louans produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chinon are Cabernet franc, Chenin blanc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chinon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, eucalyptus or orange and sometimes also flavors of cola, fig or game.

The wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

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