Domaine des EchardièresLa Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux' of the Domaine des Echardières is in the top 80 of wines of Touraine.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux' of Domaine des Echardières in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of apricot, gooseberry or kiwi.
Food and wine pairings with La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux'
Pairings that work perfectly with La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux'
Original food and wine pairings with La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux'
The La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux' of Domaine des Echardières matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with cider, stuffed tomatoes with thermomix or magret with pepper.
Details and technical informations about Domaine des Echardières's La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux'.
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
The best vintages of La Long Bec Touraine 'Chenonceaux' from Domaine des Echardières are 2017, 2015, 2018, 2016 and 2014.
Informations about the Domaine des Echardières
The Domaine des Echardières is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.
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: Saignée (rosé de)
Rosé wine made from a vat of black grapes after a short maceration period.
