Winery Fabrice GasnierL'Ancienne Chinon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the L'Ancienne Chinon of Winery Fabrice Gasnier in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with L'Ancienne Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Ancienne Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with L'Ancienne Chinon
The L'Ancienne Chinon of Winery Fabrice Gasnier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta), chinchards with white wine and grapes or rabbit with prunes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fabrice Gasnier's L'Ancienne Chinon.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of L'Ancienne Chinon from Winery Fabrice Gasnier are 2014, 2013, 2015
Informations about the Winery Fabrice Gasnier
The Winery Fabrice Gasnier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
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: Overmaturation
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
