Winery Emile BallandLe Champ des Scandales Sancerre
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Le Champ des Scandales Sancerre
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Champ des Scandales Sancerre
Original food and wine pairings with Le Champ des Scandales Sancerre
The Le Champ des Scandales Sancerre of Winery Emile Balland matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of english breakfast, sea sauerkraut with white wine or chicken fajitas.
Details and technical informations about Winery Emile Balland's Le Champ des Scandales Sancerre.
Discover the grape variety: Ofthalmo
Supple, fruity reds to drink young with a clear ruby robe, smooth tannins and an airy palate with fresh acidity, showing signature aromas of cherry, fresh red fruits and Mediterranean spice notes. Also as delicate rosés. Often blended with Mavro, contributing to dry reds and altitude rosés in Cyprus. Autochtone black variety of Cyprus, grown at altitude in the Troodos mountains.
Informations about the Winery Emile Balland
The Winery Emile Balland is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sancerre
World reference for taut Sauvignon Blanc: exclusive signature white king — dry and mineral with notes of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), vine peach, pear, exotic fruit, white flowers and signature gun-flint, lively acidity and a racy finish according to soils (limestone, flint, clay). Subtler than NZ or Chile, ages 5-10 years. Rare airy Pinot Noir reds (cherry, raspberry) and saline rosés. AOC on the Loire's left bank (Centre), hills at 200-400 m.
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: Sorting
Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.
