Winery Fontenys - Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil

Winery FontenysVieilles Vignes Bourgueil

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil of Winery Fontenys is a red wine from the region of Bourgueil of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Fontenys's Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2017
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2015
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2014
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2013
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 2.5110.500
Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2012
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil - 2010
In the top 100 of of Bourgueil wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil from Winery Fontenys are 2015, 2017, 2012, 2014 and 2010.

Informations about the Winery Fontenys

The winery offers 4 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This winery is part of the Cave des Vins de Bourgueil.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Bourgueil in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Fontenys is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Bourgueil to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 55000 of of France wines
In the top 5000 of of Bourgueil wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Bourgueil

The wine region of Bourgueil is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine du Bel Air or the Domaine de la Chevalerie produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bourgueil are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bourgueil often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, toasty or red currant and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, green bell pepper or tropical fruit.


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.

News related to this wine

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The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

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