Domaine MatignonPrestige Côteaux du Layon
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Domaine Matignon's Prestige Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Blütenmuskateller
Aromatic, sweet and sparkling whites with a pale golden robe, perfumed palate and fresh acidity; muscat-like aromas (fresh grape, flowers) more subtle than classic muscats. Resistant to downy and powdery mildew. Grown in central and eastern Europe and Australia for sweet aromatic wines. White hybrid bred in Russia in 1947 (severnyj × muscat blanc à petits grains).
Informations about the Domaine Matignon
The Domaine Matignon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 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: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
