Domaine TouchaisRéserve Côteaux du Layon
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Réserve Côteaux du Layon of the Domaine Touchais is in the top 90 of wines of Côteaux du Layon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Réserve Côteaux du Layon of Domaine Touchais in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Réserve Côteaux du Layon
Pairings that work perfectly with Réserve Côteaux du Layon
Original food and wine pairings with Réserve Côteaux du Layon
The Réserve Côteaux du Layon of Domaine Touchais matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of squid rings with tomato, the thieboudienne (senegal) or express cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Touchais's Réserve Côteaux du Layon.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Réserve Côteaux du Layon from Domaine Touchais are 2016, 1971, 2018, 2014 and 2013.
Informations about the Domaine Touchais
The Domaine Touchais is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 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
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baumard or the Domaine Moulin Touchais produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côteaux du Layon are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côteaux du Layon often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, smoke or plum and sometimes also flavors of coffee, vanilla or strawberries.
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.
The word of the wine: Bracket
Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.
